Category: indie/alternative
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why bonnie – 90 in november
On their debut record, this Texas rock quintet find a sun-blushed home nestled between light grunge and late 00s sensibility. Despite a sweeping sound, Why Bonnie trim many of their provocative elements in favour of comfort. Together with the tight confines of the band’s instrumental set up, ‘90 in November’ passes with neither a hitch, […]
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cass mccombs – heartmind
There’s an attractive quality to writing that is brave enough to tackle the literarily ‘inconvenient’—stories that are unglamorous and settings that reek of cringeworthy, modern bile. Cass McCombs’ stage is set with fast food, human error, and everything in between on that bizarre scale. But, as the beautiful, light instruments indicate, this album isn’t a […]
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art moore – art moore
Art Moore – Art Moore On their self-titled debut, Art Moore float between dazed instrumentation from Sam Durkes and Trevor Brooks and Taylor Vick’s low-flying, contused vocals. Its ambition is to soar beyond the clouds and kiss the sun. The trouble is that their dreaminess is often truncated by a soporific, tranquilizing tempo. Art Moore […]
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death bells – between here & everywhere
It’s said that you need a car to get places in Los Angeles. How strange that you’ll be stranded without an engine in the city of angels. Death Bells have lived inside the vastness of Southern California—the long stretches of grime next to seemingly airbrushed portraits of wealth. Once the British affectation is overlooked, as […]
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GOON – hour of green everything
There’s a playfulness to ‘Hour of Green Everything’’s opener. It feels like a scratchy video of childhood, that is then taped over by the adolescent angst of track two. The Chris Isaak/Radiohead influence at the beginning of the album is a little on the nose, feeling like a timid recreation, hesitant to delve or truly […]
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