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Grammatics - The Vague Archive

By: Charbarred | in: Music | 2 Comments



Grammatics

Here’s a band to watch out for in 2009. UK band Grammatics are currently in the studio assembling their debut album Dance To The Radio. Expect some serious pop acrobatics and a healthy dose of melodrama. Since they’ve cited Cursive as an influence, I think they deserve a mention.

[Grammatics - Official Site]
[Grammatics on MySpace]


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Posted on November 18, 2008

The Boxing Lesson - “Dark Side of the Moog” Video

By: Kendall | in: Movies | 1 Comment



Besides a really cool name for a song, The Boxing Lesson have crafted a very cool animated video for “Dark Side of the Moog” off of their album Wild Streaks & Windy Days. Check this out. It’s a great mix of space rock and psychadelia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA2hEKOSZu8


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Posted on November 14, 2008

Mike Dunn and the Kings of New England

By: Kendall | in: Music | Leave a Comment



Mike Dunn and the Kings of New England offer something that a lot of other Florida bands have forgotten… Americana. They seem to have whisked past the scream-o and pop punk that has cluttered the market, and got back to a day when Tom Petty and Springsteen were the sound. It’s refreshing to hear young people reviving a style of music that so defiantly comes from the heart, and speaks like the country it represents. The telecaster sounds, the heavy handed piano, honest lyrics wrap the package up neatly and deliver it to your door. Recently signed to P is for Panda, they are completing a full length album, and have a free EP to download here. That’s right, it’s $0. Give it a listen.

If I didn’t convince you to give it a shot yet, here’s a couple tracks to sample.

Paper Candy

The Queen

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mikedunnandthekingsofnewengland


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Posted on November 13, 2008

Introducing Fishhawk

By: Kendall | in: Music | 5 Comments



I mentioned this band in my song of the week about a 10 days ago. I thought I would take a step back and try to re-introduce them a little more properly, to help them garner some of the attention they deserve. Hailing from Atlanta, they have one self produced album under their belts, and a new album entitled Bells Underwater, prepping for release in early 2009. Mixing elements of rock, rap, soul, and hip-hop, they are tough band to nail down, but are certainly an interesting band to take in. It’s likely they have blurred the lines enough that the fan base will be as diverse as their influences. They have no drummer, just an ipod playing tracks and no bass player which makes for an unique stage presence. Below is an interview with the band, and some leaks from the album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEET1AuV9Tg

Night Owl

Fading Moonlight

Panic Attack


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Posted on November 11, 2008

Album Review: Eureka Birds

By: Ekko | in: Music | 3 Comments




[originally posted on Berkeley Place]

Baltimore’s own Eureka Birds, are like a pared down, indie rock version of Radiohead. And that’s a good thing. Their music lacks the boom and pomp and, most noticeably, the breaking-and-creaking voice of Thom Yorke, but retains the spaced out vibe that achieves intimacy, paradoxically, by creating distance from the listener. The painful torture of each song calls to mind Death Cab in their earlier days, but the production is more shoegazey and atmospheric. Every song sounds far away, but feels close and lonely.

The band’s self-titled debut is both a grower and a shower. Opening track, “The Still Life,” is eerie and enticing, and it is the perfect beginning to the “Now They Rise” closer, about the dead who will live again. What are Eureka Birds talking about? It’s impossible to know for sure, because the lyrics are often abstract, but each song seems to be directed at a particular person. Some individual who has crossed paths with Justin Levy at some time in the past, perhaps broken his heart or stolen his car, and the singer is trying desperately to reconnect.

Levy, the frontman, is the vocalist and piano player. It’s unusual to have a band led by the ivory tinkler, but there’s nothing conventional about Eureka Birds. Every time I hear this record I like it more. This is a fascinating debut, worth more study, worth your attention, and worth your money.

I recommend it highly. Go check it out.

Dinosaurs

Regular People



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Posted on November 6, 2008
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