[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L1YM40U2Fc&”] Live, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE pummel audiences with volume, sometimes placing such a premium on loudness that their songs suffer as a result. It’s a strange sight, seeing as the foursome have been slowly becoming slightly softer…in a good way…on record. Previously, the jaunty “Pinhole” appeared to be OGRE embracing pop and letting song structure…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9fetf6Hkfc”] Sloppy Joe’s “Portrait” doesn’t require much dissection. It’s pretty straightforward indie-pop with a bit of a Smith’s swagger to it courtesy of the guitars. Plus its loaded up with trumpet. Just because “Portrait” carries all the hallmarks of twee past, though, doesn’t mean it’s bad. Sloppy Joe clearly studied up on how to create…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO9npWfCKGQ”] It seems like human laser light show Avengers In Sci-Fi have been grounded for quite a bit, but conditions have cleared up just in time for a new single. Tongue-twisting “Delight Slight Lightspeed,” presented in clip form above, teases a mission into Coheed & Cambria-lite territory before blasting off into interstellar rock featuring the…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3DPEwUeWXE”] Last time we checked in with The Mirraz they were busy drinking themselves silly on jungle juice and trying to mack on whatever video girl crossed their path. Now, with “Happy Ice Cream,” the party has ended, the cups have been picked up and The Mirraz now try to get you into their bedroom…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycRvcVdlxIY”] Zazen Boys 4, the titular band’s last album, saw the spazzy group slowing down ever-so-slightly and introducing more electronics into their sound. Seems like lead Boy Mukai Shutoku wanted to explore this softer side more, because he’s now involved in a band called Kimonos who just posted their debut song “Almost Human.” And it…