Showing posts with label 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2015. Show all posts
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Thursday, March 26, 2015
"Kintsugi" by Death Cab For Cutie coming March 31
Death Cab For Cutie are those guys who are so indie, so twee, so hipster that they draw scorn simply for existing. They are one of the genre codifiers for our current term indie music; the release their albums on vinyl, CD, and motherfucking cassette tapes; their lead singer was married to Queen of Twee Zooey Deschanel.
And despite all of this, their in-your-face-indieness never bother me the way it has with bands that have followed like Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Vampire Weekend, The National, or Daft Punk. I can't fully explain it, but it might be because their music is so much better than all of them, that it's pretty forgivable. They've always seemed less like they were doing it intentionally, and they've gone through a lot of change. Or is it growth?
And despite all of this, their in-your-face-indieness never bother me the way it has with bands that have followed like Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Vampire Weekend, The National, or Daft Punk. I can't fully explain it, but it might be because their music is so much better than all of them, that it's pretty forgivable. They've always seemed less like they were doing it intentionally, and they've gone through a lot of change. Or is it growth?
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
"Little Neon Limelight" by Houndmouth coming March 17, 2015
"From the Hills Below the City" and "Little Neon Limelight" are not groundbreaking; the annals of American music burst with Southern rock ballads, discography's of rotating raconteurs, vivid characters from the old American West, gold mines and oil spills, eyes on the future with a finger on the pulse of the past, and all-together-now! chanting. If you're not inventing something, or discovering something or sticking your neck out to pretend to be a trend setter, then you're relying on your own excellence to stand out.
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