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March 27th, 2010
 It’s pretty much obligatory when writing about The Soft Pack that you mention that the band’s former name was The Muslims. Now that’s out of the way, let’s talk about music. Between their two 7” releases and the ubiquity of “Parasites” on mixtapes, I feel like I’ve been hearing about The Soft Pack forever, but [...] March 26th, 2010
 If you’re a fan of mashups you might dig this new mixtape by Wait What that I found over on Seizure Chicken. It’s worth checking out for the randomness of the pairing alone. The Notorious B.I.G. is probably the most mashed up artist of all time, but I’ve never heard him mixed with a new [...] March 25th, 2010
 There are lots of great bands with new records coming out this year, in fact it’s getting harder every day to name one that isn’t and it’s only March. Another addition to the list is The National who recently announced the release of their new album, High Violet, which will be out in May. That’s [...] March 24th, 2010
 Punk rock and the indie movement it spawned are historically seen as an adverse reaction to the 1970’s easygoing brand of hippie rock and its prevalence on American radio. The popularity of this music hasn’t waned a bit as classic rock is still one of the go-to radio formats, but for new artists making this [...] March 23rd, 2010
 Most music blogs aren’t written for everybody, they’re written for people like me. These blogs are like A&R people scouting their local scenes to discover new acts and introduce them to their readers, many of whom are also bloggers. Consequently, the music blogs, and in turn the indie rock world, tend to revolve around “flavor [...] March 22nd, 2010
 The roots of dance-punk can be traced to the late ‘70s and early ‘80s and acts like Talking Heads and New Order, but its current incarnation, centered around The DFA, is an animal all its own and one of the most exciting things to happen in music in the last decade. The DFA is a [...] March 19th, 2010
 What do Abraham Lincoln and the Fung Wah bus have in common? They’re both referenced in the first minute of “A More Perfect Union,” the 7-minute punk rock epic that opens The Monitor, the new Civil War-themed sophomore album from Glen Rock, NJ’s Titus Andronicus. Remember that episode of South Park where Cartman tricked his [...] March 13th, 2010
 This is the cover art for the new single from Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. March 12th, 2010
 In honor of my weekend road trip to the Garden State, today’s song is from Real Estate, a band that also hails from the mean streets of suburban New Jersey. While it might be the worst band name ever for Google searching (next to Girls), Real Estate definitely has a Jersey ring to it. They’re [...] March 10th, 2010
 As reported earlier today by pretty much every other music blog on the entire internet, there is a new MGMT song. It is the first to be released off the new album Congratulations, which I wrote about in a recent post, and it is currently available as a free download on the band’s website, where [...] |
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