Throughout their 14 year career, The Strokes have taken their audience on a journey through "The Modern Age" while peaking at heights as tall as "Macchu Picchu" along the way. When thinking back to recent memory you may find yourself asking "What Ever Happened?" to The Strokes? Has their "Juicebox" been sucked dry by other bands trying to tap into their market? Today marks the day that the New York based band can be credited for releasing "One Way Trigger", a song that strikes with a bang of surprises, showcasing a...
For a band who took shape out of a converted garage in 2008 Air Review have come a long way. From playing local live shows the band has escalated into one of Texas' up and comers landing spots playing beneath such acts as The Flaming Lips and Grimes. Although the Dallas band may not bring anything new to the table their innocent approach to indie rock music has left me with a taste that I can’t quite let go of. Surprisingly, to date they only have one self-released record under their belt, which came out in 2009....
A Quick Word from the Author: It's been raining pretty consistently the past week, ruining my plans to do everything and accelerating my agenda for doing nothing. Rain depresses me, at least in the winter time when everything's already fairly gloomy, but there's always music out there to take...
A Quick Word from the Author: "Much to our chagrin, in a sorry plight the highly anticipated musical fire of 2012 hit wide of the mark. The expected aces disappointed more often than not, and our beloved influx of yearly newcomers found to be less fruitful than years past. Conceivably, this...
As if the genre indie pop had not been stretched far enough in recent times you are presented with Misun, a Washington D.C. based funk, soul, dance, and rock band that have me nodding my head to the beat in response to their new single “Harlot”. Instead of going in the direction of over...
Despite its title, the newest cut from Los Angeles's Local Natives seems to be wearing shoes made of helium, not concrete. Rolling snares and lilting harmonies share the air in "Heavy Feet", which saw the light of day for the first time recently on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. Now, Local...
Remember Q and not U, those tight-jeaned, stage-stomping art punks that followed Interpol on tour midway through the aughts? They've since dispersed into memory, but half of their roster has teamed up again to churn out new tunes of a mellower stock. In contrast to Q and not U's frenetic, thrashy...
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Brooklyn quintet Isadora identify the early work of Andrew Bird as one of their key influences and inspirations, and that's easy to hear in their confident and diverse melodies. There's many elements to Isadora's sound that are profoundly non-Andrew-Bird-esque: where Bird's music feels...
