Review: Caveman – “Caveman”
Caveman Caveman Fat Possum – April 2nd 2013 By Dan Rankin (@DanielKRankin) Find it at: iTunes | Insound | HMV Digital 7.8 The impressive second album from New York quintet Caveman warrants comparisons to several songwriters with much longer back catalogues. The first, and the one that seems to be on all the critics’ lips, is to The Shins’ James Mercer. The similarity between the warm, rich... Read More
VIDEO: The Walkmen – “The Love You Love”
In support of their heart-spinning record Heaven, Brooklyn crooners THE WALKMEN have released a video for the track “The Love You Love”, which for about four minutes, is a complete opposite of the recording’s southern rock feel. Directed by Sean Pecknold, the retro-fitted black-and-white visual features never-ending stairways, a bunch of vintage cat figurines and a young kid who’s probably the age of 12. The catch? They’re... Read More
REVIEW: The Walkmen – “Heaven”
[May 29th 2012 - Fat Possum Records // Find it at: iTunes | Insound] ______________________________________________________________ Even in its most tender, lovesick heart-dusting moments, Heaven unravels in your arms to show it’s mature. Compared to the rest of the east coast band’s 2000s’-riddled career, it might be The Walkmen’s most sincere effort. From the sting of the twanging guitars to the constant quiver of percussion... Read More
REVIEW: El-P – “Cancer For Cure”
[May 22nd 2012 - Fat Possum Records // Find it at: iTunes | Insound] ______________________________________________________________ If hip-hop is a poetic form of culture, is there a limit on how creative you can be? If there is one, Brooklyn mic wrangler El-P knows how to warp the limitations into an imaginative thud that provides a brace for the stories behind Cancer For Cure. His first album in five years rarely touches a club joint as his imagery’s... Read More
GOING LIVE: Tennis
TENNIS THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO / FEB. 29TH Underneath a dark red light and in front of a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Denver indie rockers TENNIS displayed what they do best. While most may think it’s redesigning indie to be a style that tip-toes into lo-fi, hip hop and retro pop, the band’s front duo of Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley – along with James Barone on drums – quietly use their... Read More
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