Archive for March, 2010
She Loves My Car
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Album Review: A Faulty Chromosome, "Craving To Be Coddled…"
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Pretty much textbook chillwave (Neon Indian, Memory Tapes). Alternatively, a lo-fi, sometimes atonal Architecture in Helsinki. Some deej will love this. Parts are good, but overall didn’t really hold my attention. I just don’t care that much about your middle class childhood.
Play: 2, 3, 4, 8, 9
Album Review: Anaïs Mitchell, "Hadestown"
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
So this is the music from a “folk opera” Mitchell wrote around 2006, performed by Mitchell and several relatively big voices (Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Ani DiFranco, Petra Haden & the other two Haden Triplets). Putting the Orpheus/Eurydice myth into a post-apocalyptic yet Depression-like setting, this brings together a ton of great sounds: tin-pan-alley, ghostly folk, Waits-ian narrative, Appalachian bluegrass, and some terrific songwriting.
Album Review: The Ruby Suns, "Fight Softly"
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
New Zealand based band (mostly the solo project of Ryan McPhun) continues to expand their joyful sound, this time with a move towards electronics. This is definitely an immersive experience with some excellent sonic texture. If you liked “Merriweather Post Pavilion” but wanted a little bit more in terms of [slightly more] conventional structure/killer hooks, this is a record for you. It’s an early-summer record, if you will.
