Album Review: Destroyer – Bay Of Pigs
Concept: Dan Bejar rides the fame he gained beside The New Pornographers into the longest track of his career, punctuated with cosmopolitan anecdotes and poeticisms which are apparently supposed to describe the invasion, although most of the narrative occurs long after. Sound: The self-diagnosis of ‘ambient disco’ is more or less appropriate. I’d call it [...]
Album Review: Mew – No More Stories
Concept: Mew tries to make alienation pleasant. Sound: The similarity to mainstream pop is undeniable — airy, boyish vocalists, synth stew, moseying surf guitar progressions. What Mew does differently is make its songs almost linear. There is very little reprise; the songs never seem to stop changing into something else. This takes its toll, however. [...]
Album Review: Conelrad – Sure Is The Risk Made
Artist: Conelrad Album: Sure Is The Risk Made Released: 2009 Conelrad, an electronic musician whose sound is heavily influenced by the Cold War, has been busy the past 2 years since the release of his first LP “Function Creep.” He has really refined his sound, making more sophisticated music, sometimes much darker than his earlier [...]
Album Review: The Antlers – Hospice
Concept: It is not confirmed yet whether the story comes from experience…a man reminiscing on his life while sitting beside a child dying of bone cancer in the MSKCC. Sound: It really depends. You aren’t listening to antlers as much as streamers. Long, quiet, and often dull passages are tethered to immense emotional weight, flowing [...]