Every once in a while a new album comes out that sounds like nothing else. Sometimes these albums break new ground in an ambient and sparse way, with lilts in each song that accentuate the sublime subtleties hidden in each track (e.g. The Field – From Here We Go Sublime). Sometimes these albums break new… Read more »
There are few things I love more than summer albums. You know the albums I’m talking about. The ones that you crank to max volume in your car. The ones that make you roll down all your windows and stick your hand out. The ones that make you drive faster. Also the ones that make… Read more »
I love when an album is released that I can’t help but listen to over, and over, and over again. The last album that had that effect on me was the debut album from Two Doors Cinema Club, whose review I posted in February. These type of records are filled with songs that flow into… Read more »
Phantogram is an up-and-coming/somewhat arrived band. That’s really the best way I’m currently able to describe them. They haven’t quite hit it big with a large audience but they are hardly underground anymore. Phantogram is comprised of Sarah D. Barthel and Joshua M. Carter from upstate New York in Saratoga Springs. As already stated in numerous… Read more »
Ever heard of The Shins? They were a nice indie success with songs such as Phantom Limb and New Slang (which was featured in the movie Garden State). Ever heard of DJ Danger Mouse? He broke onto the music scene when he released his amazing mix-tape The Grey Album – a mash-up of Jay-Z’s Black… Read more »
