By: Ranisha Shipp Music Reviewer Artist: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Album: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Label: CYHSY, inc. Release Date: September 13, 2005 Website: www.cyhsy.com I was first introduced to this album my senior year of high school. I had recently received one of those ipods with the camera for Christmas. Before that, I was an MP3 girl in a world that Steve Jobs was about to take […]
By: Andrew Wilcox Music Reviewer Artist – Damaged Bug Album – Cold Hot Plumbs Label – Castle Face Date of Release – 6/1/15 Website - http://www.castlefacerecords.com/products/damaged-bug-cold-hot-plumbs Sounding incredibly fresh and sonically interesting, John Dwyer’s second release as Damaged Bug, Cold Hot Plumbs evokes images of the past to the listener, but curiously using electronics. Dwyer’s influences can be felt on the synthesizer. Inside Cold Hot Plumbs, traces of Cream (especially […]
By: Ranisha Shipp Music Reviewer Artist: The Bird and the Bee Album: Recreational Love Label: Rostrum Records Release Date: July 17, 2015 Website: http://www.thebirdandthebee.com/news/ The Bird and the Bee are a musical duo from Los Angeles, California. The band is composed of Inara George (AKA The Bird) and Greg Kurstin (AKA The Bee). The duo started making sounds together back in 2006 and haven’t stopped since. Their sound can be […]
By: Westin Boland Music Reviewer Artist: American Wrestlers Album: American Wrestlers Release Date: April 6th, 2015 Label: Fat Possum Website: https://americanwrestlers.bandcamp.com/releases In the mood for nine under produced, lo-fi tracks that hiss and crackle like a mouthful of pop-rocks? Do you by chance happen to enjoy drum machines, synthesizer riffs, and harmonica pieces layered over one another by an old 8-track player found at the Goodwill? Wow, you have really […]
by: Westin Boland Music Reviewer Artist: Bully Album: Feels Like Label: Columbia / Startime Release Date: June 25th, 2015 I think Alicia Bognanno seems way too nice to be a bully, even though her band carries that namesake. Judging from Feels Like, if Alicia were a bully she would definitely be the brooding, misunderstood bully in detention wearing a flannel shirt no matter how hot it was outside (a la […]
By: Allison Belcher Music Reviewer Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Album: Multi-Love Release Date: May 26, 2015 Website: WWW.unknownmortalorchestra.com Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s newest 2015 album Multi-Love was quite the pleasant listen. The entire album bursts with energy and a psychedelic pop-esque sound. The New Zealand and American band members of this psych-pop band definitely displayed a slightly different sound from their previous albums, such as II, the bands 2013 EP release. […]
By Kendra Sells Music Reviewer Artist: Jay-Jay Johanson Album: Opium Lable:Kwaidan Records Release Date: September Website: http://jayjayjohanson.tumblr.com/ Swedish singer songwriter Jay-Jay Johanson says he works to master a sound that leaves a mark on its listener, a sound that is addictive. Not only did he manage to do this with his new album Opium, but he too has won me over as an excited new fan. I cannot stop listening […]
By: Allison Belcher Music Reviewer Artist: n.Lannon Album: Falling Inside Label: Badman Recording Company Release Date: June 23, 2015 Website: nlannon.com California native Nyles Lannon, more commonly known as “n. Lannon," composes an album full of mellow vibes and abstract electronic rhythms. Falling Inside, Lannon’s third full length album will transport you to the bliss cosmos or make you feel like you’re in a Wes Anderson film. The use of […]
Review by Andrew Wilcox Music Reviewer Artist - Jessica Lee Wilkes Album - Lone Wolf Label - Free Dirt Records Date of Release – 6/16/2015 Website - http://www.jessicaleewilkes.com/ Lone Wolf is Jessica Lee Wilkes’ first solo record after touring and recording with the band JD Wilkes and the Dirt Daubers for the past five years. It’s unlike anything that has been released recently! Tinkling piano, R&B saxophone, and surf/rockabilly lead […]
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