Album Review: Dark Was the Night: Red Hot Compilation – Various Artists 8/10 Most posts of Red Hot Organization’s ‘Dark Was the Night’ compilation begin with a summary dismissal of compilations in general, and particularly those in the name of charity. If such projects are as bad as people say, ‘Dark Was the Night’ – [...]
Red hot in the dark
March 18th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Ambient, Electronica, Folk/Acoustic, Music, Pop/Rock, post-rock, Various
Tags:Acoustic·AIDS·Andrew Bird·Beirut·Bon Iver·Broken Social Scene·Charity compilation·David Sitek·Feist·Folk·Grizzly Bear·HIV·Indie·Kevin Drew·My Morning Jacket·Red Hot Organization·The National·TV on the Radio·Various artists·Yeasayer·Yo La Tengo
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