Breezy brilliance from casual genius 8/10 FIRST PUBLISHED AT THE LINE OF BEST FIT Arthur Russell’s ‘Love Is Overtaking Me‘ compiles previously unreleased material from the critically regarded but somehow commercially overlooked artist’s archive. Ranging from Dylanesque folk, country and angular art pop from the 1970s through his final home recordings before death in 1991, [...]
Album Review: Arthur Russell – Love Is Overtaking Me
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Alternative, Folk/Acoustic, MP3s
Tags:Acoustic·art rock·Arthur Russell·cello·country·Folk·MP3·post-punk
Album Review: TV on the Radio – Dear Science
October 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Alt-rock, Alternative, Best of 2008, Electronica, Folk/Acoustic, Funk, Music, post-rock
An exact science 8.5/10 In ‘Dear Science’ TV On The Radio have finally delivered on the early promise of their EP ‘Young Liars’ with the dazzling art-rock album they’ve long threatened but somehow neglected to deliver. Although ‘Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes‘ and ‘Return To Cookie Mountain‘ had some great individual songs, overall I found [...]
Tags:anti-war·art rock·Best of 2008·David Bowie·David Sitek·Funk·Kyp Malone·political·Tunde Adebimpe
MP3 Round-up – November 2007
November 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Alt-rock, Electronica, Folk/Acoustic, Indie, MP3s, Pop/Rock, post-rock, Shoegaze, World music
This month I’ve been beguiled by the latest side project by sometime DJ and Kings of Convenience member Erlend Oye. The Whitest Boy Alive hints at Oye’s interest in the hypnotic rhythmic concerns of house music but features the same Simon & Garfunkle-esque vocal style of KoC. Angular – but certainly not abrasive – guitars, [...]
Tags:Add N to X·Alt-rock·AR Kane·art rock·Erlend Oye·Indie·Kings of Convenience·minimalist dream pop·MP3·Oceanic·Paul Simon·Shoegaze·Simon & Garfunkle·TV on the Radio·World music·Yeasayer