Contributions
Suuns - Bambi EP
Suuns Bambi EP On Bambi, Montreal quartet Suuns present a pair of tracks plugged into drum machines left over from 1980s U.K. clubs and overlapped with the mysterious and lethargic vocals used to great effect on Radiohead’s The King Of Limbs. !!! are another fitting reference point for Suuns, given the post-punk undertones and extended […]
Bars Of Gold - Of Gold
Bars Of Gold Of Gold With Bars Of Gold, ex-Bear Vs Shark members Marc Paffi (vocals) and Brandon Moss (drums) abandon post-hardcore for mostly cloudy indie rock with shades of folk. By now, this genre jump is familiar. Anthony Green did it through solo album Avalon, Rx Bandits’ Matt Embree via his Love You Moon […]
Carter Hulsey - A Note In Your Pocket
A Note In Your Pocket Based on gut reactions alone, Carter Hulsey appears to be riding the newest wave of post-Dashboard Confessional emo songsmiths spearheaded by Never Shout Never’s Christofer Drew. The skinny, swoop-haired artist released A Note In Your Pocket on Drew’s Loveway Records and shares a similar aesthetic with his label boss. But […]
The Magnetic Fields - Realism
Realism After 2008's quasi-abrasive Distortions, the Magnetic Fields' mastermind Stephen Merritt returns to a familiar softness with Realism. The album is dense with folky instrumentation, cutesy overdubs, and bubbly melodies tugged from the pages of a Sunday school songbook. While many of Realism's tracks could easily be plucked from previous Fields albums, the childish imagery infused throughout the […]
Tegan And Sara - Alligator
Alligator Alligator contains a whopping 17 remixes of Canadian songsmiths Tegan And Sara's single "Alligator" by an army of droppable names in the fields of indie rock, electronica and the grey area between the two. With so many artists operating within similar parameters, the extensively extended single harbors a healthy sense of competition. Passion Pit win […]
Taylor Hawkins And The Coattail Riders - Red Light Fever
Red Light Fever In one of the funniest sketches from the short-lived Comedy Central programStella, Michael Showalter throws a dog out of an apartment window. His eyes water immediately as he dramatically apologizes, "I just threw your dog out of the window, and that was wrong of me." The joke is, of course, that being […]
Web Cover Story: Worship & Tribute--Christianity Isn't The Only Religion To Embrace Punk
Story: Ryan Wasoba From the Sex Pistols’ “God Save The Queen” to Green Day’s “Jesus Of Suburbia” and far beyond, punk rock has always been intertwined with religion and politics. However, Christianity is far from the only religion with a presence in punk. As today’s music scene reflects an ever-expanding sociopolitical climate, bands with roots […]