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 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 […]