Sometimes I get albums from bands that are very new. Enter New Orleans band Youth Sounds. The band itself seems to be only a few months old but the personnel seems to have known each other for quite some times. For their entire lives, if you could imagine. Three of the four members are...
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Many readers (that’s an embellished statement) have commented about the rating system I have, specifically about the “Album of the Year” rating. For the record, I’ve reviewed 38 albums this year, 8 of which have been “bad” reviews. Out of the other 30 albums I have reviewed, 7 have been graced with the “album...
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Acoustic guitar-pop. Some things come to mind, surely. Maybe Dashboard Confessional? Maybe Kevin Devine? Some say Jason Mraz and some say John Nolan. Regardless of what you think of as acoustic guitar-pop, the boys in Math and Physics Club have a self-proclaimed acoustic guitar-pop album for you. I Shouldn’t Look As Good As I...
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[Editor's note: Tom, Baggy Time's manager and brother, wanted a few corrections to the interview. Here is his letter he sent to me: I came across your Baggy Time interview and wanted you to correct a couple of things. First off, Baggy Time is not a brother/sister group, it's a solo project by Baggy...
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The World Cup continues — I continue. The Drums, a Brooklyn product, is a mix of that Jersey sound that’s been floating around lately and that indie-surf sound that has been floating around lately. I think this band properly sums up everything that has been accumulating to this point: ridiculously simple, hooky music with...
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Raven Parade self-describes themselves as an industrial rock band. Classically, Nine Inch Nails is also industrial rock. The indie scene for industrial rock is practically non-existent as most industrial bands lean further into the progressive rock or post-rock scenes. So, when Raven Parade presented themselves as an independent industrial rock act, it was interesting...
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