There are very few bands that can pull off dissonant vocals. TONER pulls them off. This fuzzed-out, LA style lofi pop lp is a gem reminiscent of Day Wave or Wavves. Silk Road is TONER’s sophomore effort and is full of overdriven chorus pedals, dissonant vocals and washed out, warbly drum kits, moving away from […]
Historical Article 12/19/2012 zZz is a band from Japan; its kind of ambiguous whether they moved to Brooklyn or are on an extended tour… Not sure… but they are great regardless. ZZZ is an all girl noise-rock band. The album is full of amazing rhythms, basslines, and guitars tones that will blow both your knee […]
Historical Review: 12/17/2012 The melancholy vocals. Catchy chord progressions. Sing-songy lyrics. The Human Fly’s Debute album directs your mind towards thoughts of Mark Mulcahy or Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters). At times even Magnetic Fields. But with that said, the sad songs cultivate a sound of hope… almost derisively. Mocking the listener with it’s extremely […]
Historical Review: 12/14/2012 Thrashy, 77 style punk-surf rock, 2008 release re-released by In the Red this Jan, by Traditional Fools, a Ty Segall project, invades your face with grungy guitars and stretched-out, near monotone singing (totally Reed style). The record is almost some sort of deranged re-imagined early Beach Boys record, except much louder and […]
Historical Review: 12/14/2012 Another part of the Ty parade. This one, another re-release, “Reverse Shark Attack,” was recorded back in 2009 on Kill Shaman. Ty and Mikal drown the noise in your head with with their sick spacey filthy garage rock; spewing through speakers that sound as though they were cut with a shard of […]
Historical Review: May 3, 2012 Meta-modernism is the new post-modernism–reimagining threads of the past to create nostalgic, yet fresh new sounds, images, or writing. Somewhat different from how Post-modernists deconstructs what once was and rebuilds from there–it lacked the nostalgic feeling. New Haven’s Estrogen High’s newest record, “Irrelevant Future,” certainly fits the meta-modernist movement quite […]
Historical post: May 1, 2012 Woodsistis releasing a new album by the duo MV + EE, “Space Homestead,” a neo-folk LP. The song writing is a bit traditional… but still engaging. Apparently, “Space Homestead” was recorded over a year period in 9 studios. The album has a soft and beautiful tone to it, not unlike most […]
Historical Review: April 30, 2012 Remember “The Glow Pt2?” Probably one of the best lo-fi albums ever written… well Phil is back… and after years of releasing things less than as impressive, has released a great album. Mount Eerie’s “Clear Moon” encompasses the warmth and lush-sonic landscapes of some of his earlier work. Its deep feelings and […]
Historical Review: March 15, 2012 Once, when I was a little kid, I found a cassette in the mud, next to a fallen tree trunk, in the woods near my old house. At the time, I figured that it fell out of some asshole teenager’s pocket while he and his friends sat drinking a bunch […]