Frustratingly named outfit Å (though various other places also peg them as Angstrom) released their self-titled debut album last week, and you can listen to some samples of every song on the album via a teaser below. Watching this preview clip having not heard anything from this group before most likely leaves one (well, at…
If, for whatever confused reason, you feel you need to appear on this blog in order to boost you’re popularity, let me tell you a secret way to definitely earn you’re way onto these hallowed WordPress pages. I’m a sucker for indie-pop. If it sounds vaguely twee and isn’t completely off-putting, it has a 95…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT3IHmb-YrQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] When I saw Wienners live two months ago, I noted how pointless it would be to listen to the band outside of a live show. After watching the video for the band’s new song “Idol”…I’m pretty sure I’ll stick to my guns. Not to imply this song fails to capture Wienners – the hyperactive…
According to MySpace, Hminh’s influences: “Beat Happening, The Magnetic Fields, Minor Threat.” Now, I can hear a little Stephen Merritt in this duo’s indie-pop, and I wouldn’t be shocked if they subscribed to the same DIY philosophies of Minor Threat. But when it comes to Hminh’s actual sound, only the first band listed comes through….
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUDmKnZVah0&hl=en_US&fs=1&] School Food Punishment make like Commando on “Futuristic Imagination” and ruin the bad guy’s shit. The villain here is the ever-present J-Pop Ballad, oversaturating Japan’s pop charts and taking violin strings hostage as the unfortunate hallmark of the sound. This dreadfully named four-piece throw a steam pipe through the ballad’s chest and saves the…