Category: New Music
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“Designed to Lose” by Scottish indie band The Twilight Sad has a Joy Division vibe, though it’s got a bit more shoe-gaze buzz and lead singer James Graham has less trapped in the bell jar lack of affect than Ian Curtis. Pretty good stuff. I’m ready to hear another song by this group, especially since…
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I looked this singer/songwriter up and have discovered that Mon Rovîa is a an “Afro Appalachian folk artist,” a label I’ve never come across before. His Youtube Channel says he was “rescued by grace from the Civil War in Liberia” and is “here to instill peace.” Bloodline is, indeed, a peaceful song, quiet, intimate and…
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‘Up All Night’ by Meltt is upbeat and bouncy without being insipid. It’s just the kind off song you’d want to hear if you were up all night, and wanted to be buoyed by something pretty and bright. It’s a rich production and while the vid is Yellow Submarine-weird (if the latter production’s only plot…
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There’s something very New Romantic about by “Lovebomb” by The Neighbourhood. It could be because the most recurrent guitar riff is reminiscent of Flock of Seagulls ‘Spage Age Love Song.’ There’s production lush enough to create a soundscape as big as the whole outdoors. Vocalist Jesse Rutherfird, an There’s an echoing remove to lead singer…
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This electro-pop/dream-pop release by Nicole Miglis, “Wherever I Go,” is quietly emotive. It’s thickly layered & pensive, with world music undertones. (Are you playing the zither or are you just happy to see me?) It makes the listener feel like a stranger in a strange land. –Sarah Torribio <<last post >>next post Listen to more…
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“Pirouette” by Ain’t is a brand new bit of buzzy, shoe-gaze, noise-pop. The song is hot off the presses but, for this Gen X-er, hits nostalgic as an old prom dress. And no wonder. The 5-piece London band describes themselves as “channeling the stranger end of ‘90s guitar music.” The resulting soundscape is cozy as…
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>>last post <<next post My song of the day is “The Crab/Water Baby” by Tiny Ruins. It’s charming, sweet, pretty and quiet. It sounds, in fact, like the record should be spinning atop the stick supporting a music-box ballerina rather than on your hi-fi. The band is from Aukland. New Zealand is across the world…
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My song of the day is “You Are Loved Eternally” by Jenny O. I know. Comparisons can be odious, but they are also often useful. I’d characterize this tune as the Primitives meets Ravi Shankar-inspired George Harrison. It’s sure to open your heart chakra with a crowbar. This mantra, “You are loved eternally,” has never…
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<<last post <<next post I know what you’re thinking. Sarah, you always get into all that indie-stuff and never pop music. It’s true, I grew up in the LA area listening to KROQ, which meant music ranging from New Wave to darkwave and from punk to grunge to nu metal. Guitar bands or synth groups…
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>>last post <<next post Very cool. There’s a Brian Eno-esque feel to the production, reminiscent of Talking Heads, all unexpected notes and mixed emotions, and a bit of David Burns sound to the vocals. The guitar ranges from epic fret-ambling a la Dire Straits to moody darkwave strum. My song of the day is by…