During “What’s Missing,” the lush, schizophrenic track that opens Apocalypse Cow Vol. 2, SeepeopleS front man Will Bradford creepily announces, “what’s missing is old fashioned justice.” He’s on about something sinister and corrupt, but he could easily be talking about the puzzling path his band has traveled for the last 7 years. For the third [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘pop rock’
June 24, 2009
News Fragments: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Lineup, Sunny Day Real Estate Reunion, Phish Album Announcement, Virgin FreeFest
-San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival has announced the initial lineup for the free event, which takes place at Golden Gate Park October 2-4, 2009. The first announced acts look just great, and the lineup includes Okkervil River, Del McCoury Band, Robyn Hitchcock, Aimee Mann, Allen Toussaint, Dr. Dog, Neko Case, Booker T. and the [...]
June 7, 2009
Album Review: 311 – Uplifter
Everything that is born must die. A simple fact of life, really. Unfortunately, when applied to the music industry, the phrase often morphs into “everything that is born must continue beyond its usefulness until death is not elegant, but painful.” My brief interest in 311 occurred in the dark ages of the early 1990’s, but [...]
May 27, 2009
Bonnaroo Preview: Okkervil River
Bonnaroo has done Okkervil River no favors.
The Austin-based band will perform at the festival’s geographically-challenged Other Tent on Sunday afternoon, when exhausted fans will be doing more hunkering than walking. Other bands have fallen victim to the sinister stage and schedule spot – even an increasingly rare stateside Broken Social Scene performance couldn’t lure the [...]
April 7, 2009
Album Review: Doves – Kingdom of Rust
For the last few years, Doves seemed grounded. Having released a trio of albums in the first half of the decade, they soon found themselves bobbing in a sea of their own expectations. Many thought the band to be on some kind of aimless hiatus, but one listen to their new record quashes that notion. [...]
January 8, 2009
Howling Bells – Radio Wars
Australia’s Howling Bells display a slick sound full of motion and moodiness on their second full-length, Radio Wars. Produced by the band and Dan Grech-Marguerat (who has worked alongside the venerable Nigel Godrich in producing for Radiohead, Air, and more), the album shows the quartet’s easy grasp of electronic rock atmospherics and eerie pop songwriting, [...]
