‘Central And Remote’ 8/10 I came across Grizzly Bear via Dan Rossen’s brilliant – but wholly different – earlier project Department of Eagles. I was initially underwhelmed and bemused, but I persevered and can back previous reviewers who have labelled this a grower. If like me you have come to Grizzly Bear via Department of [...]
Grizzly Bear – Yellow House
October 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Alt-rock, Ambient, Best of 2006, Electronica, Folk/Acoustic, MP3s, Music, New Wierd America, post-rock, Prog, Psychedelia
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Animal Collective – Sung Tongs
January 26th, 2005 · No Comments · Alt-rock, Folk/Acoustic, Indie, Music, New Wierd America, post-rock, Psychedelia
What are your tongs like? 9/10 Wow! Not much music like this around. This is to folk what the Flaming Lips is to, err, Rock. Completely tripped-out but completely accessible, it is acoustic music pushed to its literal extreme, a modern day ‘Pipers at the Gates of Dawn’. Underscored by often tribal rhythms, the Collective [...]
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Micah P Hinson & The Gospel of Progress
December 1st, 2004 · 1 Comment · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Folk/Acoustic, Indie, Music, New Wierd America, Pop/Rock
Exciting debut! 8/10 Micah P Hinson & The Gospel of Progress… is an assured debut from a young man the publicists would like you to believe has had a tough life. It certainly sounds like it. With a gravely, smoke-chiselled voice that recalls Nick Cave and early Leonard Cohen, Hinson sings largely of loss over [...]