Tag Archive for: rock and roll

Album Review: Please Believe Me by The Spiral

Album Review: Please Believe Me by The Spiral

What is it, pop or something? We couldn’t agree if they sound like the National or Joy Division, which is a pretty large disparity. We love their songs, which are full of feeling, and reference both the local WNC economy and nasgul. Our favorite song: Thursday. (Featured on our #31 podcast, Vive la revolution.)

Album Review: Erreur 404 by IMPARFAIT

Album Review: Erreur 404 by IMPARFAIT

Revolutionary sounds for throwing rocks to. You don’t have to be a French speaker to understand how pissed they are. The whole band is very tight, and the singer is an extraordinary talent. Our favorite song: Megalomaniaque. (Featured on our #31 podcast, Vive la revolution.)

Album Review: Burned (Image) by Aaron Dunphy

Album Review: Burned (Image) by Aaron Dunphy

DIY/bedroom music by an artist who really knows what he’s doing, both lyrically and musically. This album highlights the difference between entertaining music, and music that is art. Our favorite song: Deodorant. (Featured on our #31 podcast, Vive la revolution.)

Album Review: Definitely Blue by Wallin-Jison

Album Review: Definitely Blue by Wallin-Jison

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This Swedish Americana band sounds (and looks) like they should be playing in a roadhouse in Tennessee. Their collection of simple blues songs demonstrates that complexity is not necessary if you’re absolutely nailing the songwriting and execution. Our favorite song: Move Around the Room. (Featured on our #31 podcast, Vive la revolution.) (BTW I said their name wrong about 15 times on the podcast. It’s Wallin-JISON, not Wallin-JiNson. Whoops…Sorry…)

Album Review: Beach Hotel by Beach Hotel

Album Review: Beach Hotel by Beach Hotel

It’s good music that washes over you in another language and you don’t care. We didn’t understand a word; we’re pretty sure ‘tango’ doesn’t mean what we think. We love it. Our favorite song: Tu Revolucion. (Featured on our #30 podcast, Harry Potter Horcrux Shit.)

Album Review: Uppertiers Two by Uppertiers

Album Review: Uppertiers Two by Uppertiers

Queens, NY in the house, doing some cheerful pop-punk that also has big guitar solos and nice harmonies, plus the occasional 80s synth. This guy is a good songwriter, and prolific: the album has 24 songs. Our favorite: Idiot’s Move. And Early Bird Friends. (Featured on our #30 podcast, Harry Potter Horcrux Shit.)

Album Review: Live in a Basement by Make No Bones

Album Review: Live in a Basement by Make No Bones

Listen to AJ’s excellent patter and enthusiastic fans on this album that really is Live in a Basement. As we said on the podcast, it has a 60s Greenwich Village kind of Happening feel. Our favorite song: Rosie. (Featured on our #30 podcast, Harry Potter Horcrux Shit.)

Album Review: Dreaming in 505 by Girl York

Album Review: Dreaming in 505 by Girl York

You can like the 90s and still be a lot bigger than the 90s. Girl York has big melodies and big guitars and washes of sound, plus that oomph that comes from being alive right now. Our favorite song: Heroine. And Lost at Sea. (Featured on our #30 podcast, Harry Potter Horcrux Shit.)

Album Review: 可笑的一天 by the White Eyes

Album Review: 可笑的一天 by the White Eyes

Not only have I listened to it many times in Chinese, I can now hear her singing in my head. In Chinese. I guess that’s pretty good music. Interesting, too. Our favorite song: In Lust I Lost. (Featured on our #30 podcast, Harry Potter Horcrux Shit.)