Pitchfork referred to Hercules and Love Affair as “a compelling new voice in American dance music.” The act’s music is so deeply rooted in club culture that with its debut release it has retreated into club’s history to find what may be the next great sound. Surely disco is an influence, but is [...]
When it comes to Midwest hip hop, the mainstream tends to focus on Chicago (Kanye, Common, Lupe, etc.) and the underground tends to focus on Minneapolis (Atmosphere, Brother Ali, etc.). All too often lost in the shuffle is the city where these distinctions blur, the city producing some of the hottest emcees and producers [...]
From the lilting vocal harmonies of “Sun it Rises” to the final desperate cries of “Oliver James,” it is immediately apparent that Fleet Foxes’ first full length album is going to be one of the most talked about recordings of 2008. By utilizing a rich tapestry of pastoral music, stripped down melodies then rebuilt into [...]
Afternoon Records describes Haley Bonar’s new album as “like a Cormac McCarthy short story: simple on the intake, but revealing universal truths with a powerful emotional impact as it sinks in.” Never mind that McCarthy doesn’t write short stories, the quote is quite correct in establishing that Big Star demands more than just a [...]
An album loosely seeded in countless stages of pop music from the past thirty years, Santogold is a determined effort that shamelessly caters to trend while also defying its own predictability. Here are four reactions, four impressions, four takes on Santogold’s Santogold.
Reeling from the success of 2005’s Platinum selling Plans, Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla and crew took a divided break before dropping the recently released Narrow Stairs. While the album has already seen commercial success, it has also invited swarms of both acclaim and detraction. With some questioning the impact of the band’s success [...]
Diverting from the model presented by Ghosts I-IV released in March, that being listen to a sample for free - but pay if you’d like an expansive version of the set, The Slip was offered last week as a free-only release online; no upgraded versions of the release, no signed collector’s editions, no physical copies. [...]
A friend admonished his suggestion to listen to Evil Urges, hinting that My Morning Jacket was set to release something twisted and absolutely uncharacteristic, “It’s almost like MMJ thinks they can do whatever they want now;” my response, “they can’t?” I thought it fitting that the gravity of a sound that has nestled the [...]
Widely adored for its diverse range and erratic structure The Odd Couple has also drawn criticism for attempting to hide beneath a shroud of artistic overreachings and blatant inconsistencies. Here are four reactions, four impressions, four takes on Gnarls Barkley’s sophomore album, The Odd Couple.
Disco Lies: reads a picture included as an insert with Moby’s latest album Last Night. The announcement is a bit misleading as many fans have felt quite the opposite since Moby’s departure from his role of an almost strictly club DJ following 1995’s Everything is Wrong; as for the albums that followed it almost [...]
Booking a release within a month of the album being mastered Jack White gave news that The Raconteurs’ new album Consolers of the Lonely would see a blanket release in a matter of days of his surprising announcement - online/radio/retail…everyone would get their taste at the exact same time. It didn’t take long for [...]
Age is only important when numbers are empowered, it is the knowledge and depth of a spirit which embodies true substance. All the same, having crossed half a century, the idea behind who Nick Cave is leans increasingly closer to that of an ageless poet. The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis concluded his thoughts on [...]
What has been roughly ten years in the making finally sees release in the form of Third, the aptly titled release from the Bristol-based trio known in part for helping standardize trip hop in the mid ’90s. With the exception of a few scattered contributions and a Beth Gibbons solo album the group has [...]
Playing a sold out show at Minneapolis’ 7th St. Entry, Atlanta’s The Black Lips defied their well documented reputation through most of their performance, playing a straight ahead brand of rock and roll equal parts punk and The Beatles. By the time the show was wearing down however the band had treated its audience [...]
An announcement made via the band’s mailing list and MySpace site the day of the show excited the limited few who came across the information: Tapes ‘n Tapes would be the surprise headliners to the already exciting Vampire Hands/The Blind Shake show at the Turf Club. While hearing the nationally recognized band play around [...]
Performing a classic set of standards, rarities and originals Chan Marshall and her Dirty Delta Blues band played to a near-sold out First Avenue. Marshall’s theatrical approach to the performance lit up the dim stage with terrifying consistency, her movements brash and continually intensified by the night’s band which included The Blues Explosion’s Judah [...]
Opening with “Mean Girls Give Pleasure” Daniel Johnston quickly abolished any sense of discomfort, if only for the audience, as he chugged along on his unique electric, versing about the toils of following one’s passion at the cost of the heart. Johnston continued with a brief solo set before being accompanied on stage by [...]
The Battle Royale’s frontman, Mark Ritsema, disclosed to me before the show that the group had almost gone into a panic mode when the recent blizzard-like conditions here in the Midwest left the state of half the band in limbo. “We were going to leave at 5:30 this morning and get them,” he said, [...]
All things considered, when scanning the list there aren’t really too many surprises, considering that this is the same awards show that had Jethro Tull beating out Metallica and Steely Dan beating out everyone a few years back. It wasn’t out of line to figure Amy Winehouse to win a bunch of awards…and she [...]
On “Not Everybody Likes Us” Hank Williams III lays into modern country music, grumbling “Well I think I’d rather eat the barrel of a double-barrel loaded shotgun, than to hear that shit they call pop-country music on ninety eight point one.” To some degree such sentiments could never be thought of when considering [...]
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