Category: Music Reviews
The Lovers Key: ‘Here Today Gone Tomorrow’
I have three Spotify playlists that I feel like I can listen to no matter my mood. The first is a bipolar irrelevance made up of a hodgepodge of genres. The second is dedicated to the soulful sounds of Motown, and the third is filled with 60s rock (minus The Beatles, whose music is “Spotifyless…”…
SXSW Recap: Females Shine at House of Vans
Checking the pages upon pages of lineups the morning of March 12th with coffee in hand, I found it. I found the one party that day not to be missed. It was taking place at the historic Mohawk in downtown Austin. Four amazing female acts played, and they were not there to mess around. Below…
The Mike Benign Compulsion: ‘Here’s How it Works’
I received a vinyl copy of The Mike Benign Compulsion’s third album, Here’s How it Works. The record is a timeless medium and is slowly recovering. The cover of The Mike Benign Compulsion’s album is minimal. It is clean and completely white except for the title and a bald man standing on the right side. He’s…
Foster the People: ‘Supermodel’
With their second studio album, Supermodel (released March 14th on Columbia Records), Foster the People has departed from the light, upbeat sound of Torches, replacing techno beats and airy vocals with a much more stripped down, heavier, instrumental, resulting in a raw and very real album. And it totally works. Supermodel is an angrier follow-up to…
Children of the Stones: ‘The Stars and the Silence’
Extended Play, the first EP released by the collaboration of Mark Van Hoen (of Black Hearted Brother, Seefeel, Locust, Scala) and Martin Maeers, has proved only to be a tease- the best is still yet to come. Children of the Stones is the new project from Van Hoen and Maeers, and they will release their…
Craig Bicknell: “Hymmmn”
Craig Bicknell’s new single “Hymmmn” is meditative and soothing. The track starts with a simple humming. I wait for lyrics but none come. The track is composed of layers of “hums”, “ooh’s” and “ahh’s” and seamlessly grows. This is the beginning of Bicknell’s “Hymmmntronica”, a new style composed of intermingling sounds. The track begins to…
Lakker: ‘Containing a Thousand’ EP
Digital audio workstations meet the end of the world on Dublin duo Lakker’s new EP Containing A Thousand out on R&S March 11. This EP takes the listener on a journey through a post-apocalyptic wasteland where music is made from the grinding of machines left to continue manufacturing hunks of metal without a human in…
Axxa/Abraxas: ‘Axxa/Abraxas’
Sometimes, you have to learn to be happy exactly where you are. And, thankfully, once in a blue moon, musical acts like Axxa/Abraxas emerge and remind me again why I’m so proud to be living in Athens, Georgia. The project of University of Georgia alum Ben Asbury is a unique blend of music and art…
Holychild: ‘Mindspeak’ EP
“Everytime I Fall” is a new single by holychild off their upcoming Mindspeak EP due out on March 4th via Glassnote. LA indie-electronic-pop duo consisting of liz nistico and louie diller describe themselves as “making brat pop.” And this is exactly what this single sounds like. Bratty. Angelic vocals lead off the track and the drums and melody kick off…
James Supercave: “The Right Thing”
James Supercave of LA are to release their most recent EP in late March. “The Right Thing” is their newest single. James Supercave utilizes various styles in this single and creates an epic poetry of sorts. The single starts with synthesizer sounds combined with twangy vocals (but not too much as to sound similar to…