Feb 7, 2012

Three words: LANA. DEL. REY. How can we ignore the now infamous Lana Del Ray? She went from a recording artist using a sudonym to the most talked about girl about hipster town in a matter of weeks. And she got this recognition on just a few lovely photographs, two tracks, and a youtube video. Most of my male friends are in love. In her demo she channels...

Feb 7, 2012

Necessary Utensils Utensils are necessary for eating just as the band S/P/O/O/N is necessary for any audiophiles lunchbox. Rife with ambient sound, raw vocals, and layers of accompaniments Spoon’s music, like a rich dessert, is a decadent listen you want to dig into. Just when you think the music or the desset might be too much something inside you...

Oct 28, 2011

The biggest artists in the world might look on in envy at the advance publicity for Björk’s eighth album, Biophilia. It’s been heralded not merely as an important new release but the future of the entire record industry. “Björk Fights to Save Music” offered the headline in Mojo, not a magazine renowned for working itself up into a state...

Oct 24, 2011

Toe Tapping: 9 Sing Along: 10 Best For: Dancing! Stand Out: St. Croix Over-All: 9 Family of the Year is certainly something of the moment.  They are an up and coming band based out of LA and are doing Lala Land proud.  They’ve already been featured on World Cafe’s top 20 new artists and I’m sure with this new EP, St. Criox, they are about to garner more...

Oct 3, 2011

Warm Ghost – Narrows Toe Tapping: Not Really Applicaple…. Sing Along: Not Really Applicable Best For: Challenging your listening ear Stand Out: Myths on Rotting Ships Overall: 8 I lived with this album for two weeks before I could begin writing on it. Something so far from my norm needed to be really experienced so that I could really write about...

Sep 8, 2011

Fitz and the Tantrums became my new music love after hearing “Breaking the Chains of Love” on my favorite radio statio, MPR’s The Current. Listening to their music reminded me of a time when I only listened to the hairspray soundtrack and I practiced doing the roach. However, as good as the musical is, Fitz and the Tantrums beat it by a long...