Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. If you know me, you know I have some guilty pleasures. They are usually of the pop-punk, 80s hair metal or female R&B flavors. You can guess which one this is. ...
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Spencer Krug. Lead singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist for the amazing Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown. Also a member of Swan Lake and a former member of Frog Eyes and the now defunct Fifths of Seven. He has been called the next Thom Yorke (by me). He is the single human being on the planet...
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I put this under the Rewind heading because this album came out last year, but I could have listed it under New Artist Discovery. Evidently this Irish band has been around since 2006, but this is the first I am hearing from them. Not sure where this album came from but just got around...
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Metacritic compiles reviews and ratings from a variety of music websites and gives them a metascore. This seems like a cool idea, but it is flawed in a variety of ways. Unlike IMDB, they don’t take ‘normal’ people’s opinion into consideration…only critics. They also pick and choose what they want to include. It’s mostly...
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When reading a review of a new album I usually stop as soon as I hit the word emo. Even if everything else about the material sounds good, I have to move on. I don’t know why this is. Oh yea, it’s because most emo music sucks. It cannot be related to by anyone...
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I first came across Bear in Heaven in October of 2009. The first I heard from them was the single Lovesick Teenagers which was quickly followed by Wholehearted Mess. They are a 4-man group led by Jon Philpot and are part of the prolific Brooklyn scene. The songs on their debut release remind me...
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. I was a huge metalhead from the mid-80s until the early 90s. My interest in metal started when I first heard Aces High from Iron Maiden‘s Powerslave album and it became...
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. As most of you know, I have no love for electronic music. Sure, I like electronic elements to my music, hence The xx, Animal Collective, jj, Miike Snow, Soulsavers and even...
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. Country music has changed quite a bit over the past decade or two. It’s become pop music. It’s become big and flashy and in your face. It’s gone from the downtrodden...
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____________________________________________________________________ #20. Fever Ray – Fever Ray (electronic) “if i had a heart i could love you if i had a voice i would sing” Have you heard of the Swedish electro-duo The Knife? That’s what this is, just under a different name. Well, that’s not exactly true. This is the solo project of...
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