It’s pretty easy to make jokes about Urkel-O’s before calling Dorian a great example of 80’s revivalism. Just check the short teaser clip they put together for their recently released album Studio Vacation – cartoon lady looks like she belongs on a Duran Duran sleeve. Yet, like similarly new-wave-inspired gang The Brixton Academy, Dorian conceal…
Lost amongst the talk about the revival of the saxophone or how Kreayshawn managed to become something more than the next “Friday,” 2011 has seen a small upswing in postrock. Godspeed You! Black Empire reunited and played some shows, while Mogwai and Explosions In The Sky released new albums (even if the latter ended up…
Moscow Club must have a big folder labelled “summer music” somewhere on there computer, and want to clear it out before September creeps onto the calendar. Here’s the band’s latest, the instrumental “Pacific 724,” another rocket-pop of August-worthy music. Over the past month, Moscow Club have shown they can navigate subtly between styles, whether it…
Buddy, Girl & Mechanic aren’t intimate in the sense that you feel like you are sitting in the same room with them. They are intimate in a way that brings to mind someone sneaking up behind you and whispering words into your ears, startling but also a bit alluring albeit still sorta uncomfortable. BG&M embraces…
A brief but pretty bit of feel-t-all-around-you-ness from Networks. “Toyama” clocks in at a scant two minutes and one second, but in the time it takes to warm a Pop-Tart the group makes a piano-and-synth number that plays like experimental duo Super Minerals played quickly. It’s time might be brief, but while it lasts it’s…