The Great Sadness — Weep Self-released The Great Sadness is a punk-blues duo from Los Angeles, and while they’re good, the band unfortunately demonstrates the limitations of their particular form. Unless a duo such as theirs is using some really amazing looping techniques, or doubling up to provide...
Twin Foxes — Sleeping on the Attic Floor Tor Johnson Records / Midnight Werewolf Records Tags on the Bandcamp page for this release give hints as to what to expect from Twin Foxes’ debut full-length — Superchunk, Modest Mouse, post-punk, hardcore — but the fullness of Sleeping on the Attic Floor...
An intriguing first outing from UK duo Self-released Self-described as “electro-alternative-indie,” MUX is a duo based in London whose sound “blends elements of electronica, stoner, trip-hop, krautrock and punk.” That’s a pretty diverse description, but after listening to their four-song debut...
‘The Quiet Beatle’ gets a wonderful tribute Concord Music Group Recorded on the first anniversary of George Harrison’s death, Concert For George is exactly the way every tribute should go. It isn’t the usual hodge-podge of artists picked because they were influenced by the musician,...
Field Music continues to find hope in a world gone mad Memphis Industries One of the hardest emotions to placate is disappointment. When we’re angry we shout, sad we cry, happy we laugh, but when we’re disappointed, well, sometimes there’s no clear way to suss it out. When Sunderland, UK — the hometown...
What the hell is Italo disco, anyway? The website Electronic Beats actually took a pretty decent stab at it in mid-2017, describing it as the sound of “[s]creaming arpeggios, rolling bass lines and a catchy sense of summer fun,” while Vice’s guide to the genre said Italo disco was as if “somebody...
