For the love of music
Burgeoning lo-fi bedroom music projects are about as ubiquitous these days as the Kardashians – seemingly omnipresent whether you’re trolling Twitter, Wikipedia, or some hipster blog on Tumblr. Kim and Chloe are a little bit more outlandish and erratic in their public lives than are the likes of Youth Lagoon of Memory Tapes though, and those … [Read more...]
Hi Scott! How are you doing these days? I'm doing fine now after a horrid 2010 on many levels for most members of the band for different reasons, except of course the final days of the year and releasing our new album. Your latest album The Beginning And The End came out last December, on Christmas day no less, and I wanted to include it … [Read more...]
When Memoryhouse’s first incarnation of The Years dropped in February of 2010, it was the recipient of overall critical approval. Referential qualities to dream pop progenitors like the Cocteau Twins? Check. Just enough scrappy electronic drum loops to bestow it with lo-fi cred? Sure. Wistful and sprawling in all the ways that made chillwave such … [Read more...]
I had high hopes for Louder My Dear. It was the right mixture between digging the album cover and my coming back to DoA after my school-induced hiatus. I listened with eager ears. The debut from the Bostonians, however, had me wincing more than applauding. Musically, I think these guys are on the right track. Nothing groundbreaking, but they set … [Read more...]
Although some still may mourn the short life and abrupt passing of Galaxie 500 – with last year’s back catalogue reissues no doubt exacerbating such feelings – it’s arguable that the split was ultimately creatively beneficial to the threesome in their subsequent creative roles. Hence Dean Wareham was able to take his distinctive tones, … [Read more...]
In a recent interview Irish guitarist/songwriter Sean O’Hagan noted that his band’s new album “Is a colourful record that has a spring feel at the start and an early spring evening feel at the end. There is reference to the pink evening sky.” While merely describing something obscurely aesthetic – without any reference to the actual sound … [Read more...]
Hi Bobby D! It’s quite nice to get to chat with you about your recent mini-album The Light, what’s in store for you next, and to also dig a bit into your past and ask about your debut album Las Olas which was released in February 2010. I was really taken by your atmospheric mini-album The Light which envelops the listener with its dark, … [Read more...]
With a cover that's a clear homage to Power, Corruption, & Lies, one would expect something like New Order's bouncy electro-pop from Craft Spells' debut album Idle Labor, and that assumption would be pretty right on. Captured Tracks is trying really hard to make us forget we're not still living in the 80's, releasing gem after gem of pop rock … [Read more...]
The four members of Dom use only their first names to help dodge past debts, but don’t let their scruffy looks and slacker attitudes fool you into thinking they play ragged garage-rock. In fact this quartet from Worcester, Massachusetts burst onto the scene with a homespun blend of 80's synth-rock and hazy dream-pop with a dash of sassy surf-punk … [Read more...]
In the early parts of 2010, Toro Y Moi’s Chazwick Bundick highlighted the chillwave movement with his stellar debut, Causers of This. After a strong summer progression in 2009, the South Carolina-born graphic designer was able to amass the many proponents of chillwave onto a stunning set of music. Subtle and subdued, songs like “You Hid” were … [Read more...]