Archive for April, 2007

Klaxons

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Klaxons - Gravity’s Rainbow
Klaxons - Isle Of Her
Ladies and gentlemen, the following video here was my introduction to the Klaxons, Britain’s new indie sensation. This is the video equivalent of the proverb “taking the bull by the horns.”
Although they don’t reveal the full monty so to speak, it was brave of them to do this, […]

NIN, already?

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism
Not having a functioning computer was a bit like hibernation. And then, I woke up only to discover it was time for another NIN album. Or was it? Isn’t Trent Reznor 3 years ahead of schedule?
Although I haven’t had time to listen to the album enough to let it sink in, […]

St. Vincent

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

St. Vincent - Now Now
This one-woman project by Annie Clark (who played guitar for the Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens) is so refreshing, and yet mature, she could be Lily Allen’s grown-up sister, musically speaking.
Except Annie Clark is only 23 years old and plays an array of instruments.
The debut album, Marry Me, is due […]

Four-letter boys

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Tiga - Far From Home
Mika - Grace Kelly
…Or how two boys with similar sounding names make music that makes you want to get up and dance in very, very different ways.
Tiga hails from the Montreal DJ scene and his sound, predictably, is rather techno/house-oriented and almost lo-fi in an impossibly cool way. I’ve wanted to […]