That sometimes folky, sometimes dancy upstart known as Emil & Friends from Brawlston Massachusetts is back with a new song on a folkier kick called “The Shrine”. If you’re looking for a laid back song for an early morning or late night of scrambling around to get all those things on your impossibly long list of things to do done “The Shrine” is the perfect chill pill.
March 14, 2009
Emil & Friends Unleash New Track; "The Shrine"!
January 8, 2009
Music For Swedish Lumberjacks! The Sweet Serenades!
The Sweet Serenades are the next in a long line Swedish pop-smiths who craft bouncy catchy tunes that are sure to make you forget your wintertime woes. Check out their video for their single “Mona Lee”.
December 20, 2007
St. Vincent Reports Paris is Burning Now
When I first heard about St. Vincent from Neile’s Life, I checked it out because he usually knows whats up about new music. I listened to the single “Marry Me”, and I was significantly unimpressed. Probably because it was another saccharine sweet love ballad by another female musician with a wonderful voice. Listenable, yes, remarkable? Not so much. But, I gave Annie Clark another chance and I’m glad I did. “Marry Me” in context is really the first aim at a lovely dreamy song, all before that is experimental and moody, just the way I like it. St. Vincent explodes with pop-folk ambition in the way that Azure Ray almost did so much. If I could redo my top 40 of 2007 this satisfying listen would surely bump someone out of the running. I see what you’re doing Annie Clark, I’ve got my eye on you.
November 4, 2007
Time to Pretend
MGMT is a band that has been picking up a lot of attention these last few months, with their psychedelic sampling style and dance inclinations. Their full length debut “Oracular Spectacular” is a journey through college coffee shops, pagan rituals, and synth tinged nostalgic folk freak outs. Like Hall and Oates shaking hands with Echo and the Bunnymen through a Pink Floyd Filter. Trippy stuff.
The album opens with one of the strongest tracks on the record, “Time To Pretend”, which has a deliriously violent bounce and narrates the cycles of modern life through eyes envious of the old playground. Another highpoint deserving of radio play is the smooth “Electric Feel”. The track grinds on a galloping beat and ascends into the category of “Baby-Making Music” on the flute loops and satisfying falsetto. The woozy style and ethereal delivery of the music makes “Oracular Spectacular” the 2am album of the year. Bring on the all-nighters.
