“What will it take to make you listen?”
8.5/10
Some of my favourite albums of the last couple of years have come from a strand of impressionistic folk that roughly began with the release of Grizzly Bear’s ghostly ‘Yellow House‘ in 2006 and Iron & Wine’s kaleidoscopic ‘Shepherd’s Dog‘ a year later, gathering pace in 2008 with [...]
Album Review: Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park
December 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Alt-rock, Alternative, Best of 2008, Folk/Acoustic, Music, New Wierd America, Pop/Rock, Psychedelia, post-rock
Tags:Acoustic·Best of 2008·cinematic·Daniel Rossen·Department of Eagles·Folk·Fred Nicolaus·ghostly·Grizzly Bear·orchestral·Phil Spector·Psychedelic·Wall of Sound
My Morning Jacket - Z
May 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Alternative, Best of 2005, Folk/Acoustic, New Wierd America, Prog, Psychedelia
Kentucky fried pysch-country
8.5/10
Over four albums My Morning Jacket have fashioned a sound that embraces widescreen emotionalism with rootsy Americana, pyschedelia and alt-country. ‘Z‘ sees My Morning Jacket broaden their influences while retaining the unifying use of reverb that makes all the songs sound unmistakably them now matter how far they stray from the [...]
Tags:Alt-country·Americana·deep-South·dub·Jim James·John Leckie·Kentucky·Phil Spector·Psych-folk·Psychedelia·Punk·reggae·reverb·soul·Wall of Sound