Album name: Fever Ray Artist name: Fever Ray Genre: Electronica Released: March 24 2009 Label: Mute ZME Rating: 7/10 Website: feverray.com I’ll admit that I was probably not the obvious choice to review this album. Not only is the world of electronic music a distant, confusing galaxy to my feeble, earth-bound, two-guitars-and-the-truth brain, but I’m also overcome by an unhealthy amount of uncontrollable hate when confronted by the vast array of commericial “chillout” electronica, all…
Röyksopp’s new video for its latest single “Happy Up Here” is quite the coolest thing to drop off the internets in the last couple of… minutes. Hey, the internet is a very cool place, so don’t be fooled – this is definitely an awesome visual experience. Imagine this, high end graphics + space invaders + a city in distres = Röyksopp madness! Check out the video bellow. “Happy Up Here” is out as a single…
OK, the video for Animal Collective’s latest single is far from new (almost a month old), but I just barely got around seeing it. Give me a slack. Anyway, I really love the vibe of the video, even though there’s nothing, at first glance, that makes the connection between the cartoony, acid trip animations and the song itself. Beats me. As long as I’m having fun with it, I don’t mind. Off the recently released…
On January 20th, after a very turbulent year of 2008 and some even more gruesome 8 years before, finally the newly elected President of the USA, Barack Obama, will be officially inaugurated. We’ve seen a lot of tributes in his honor by various bands, be it songs or whole albums, especially in late 2008, but the bellow video just hits the spot. It’s made by an indie team of directors, with various puppets walking about,…
If you still hadn’t had enough of these furry, but talented animals, here’s another MP3 involving January favorites – Animal Collective. This time AC are handling remix duties, as the band (actually, just Deakin from what I’ve heard) takes a go at Ratatat’s eclectic single, “Mirando.” The outcome is a 10 minute epic, packed with soothing synths and uh-ahs. If you’re interested in getting the 12″, XL will soon release Mirando + the AC remix…
Awesome as it may be, I can’t help stareing and wondering what each element in Royksopp’s new cover art, for the duo’s upcoming album “Junior”, represents. Trippy eyes + lashes, melted plastic, grinded asphalt, a ’50s telephone call by a isteric, but beautiful lady (Yeah, you can tell a lot about a women by looking at her hands) and, of course, the two electro Norwegians, all make interesting subjects for thought. Junior is out March…
Dan Deacon is a, let’s say, peculiar individual, but in all good respects he is a fantastic musician! His skillful use of synths, samples and various percussion made him one of the most critically acclaimed name in the indie/electro scene, in the past few years. His 2007 full length debut, “Spiderman of the Rings,” was really awesome, although very hard to swallow (repetitive spins ftw!) and kinda short. For this years sophomore release, titled “Bromst,”…
Artist name: Animal Collective Album name: Merryweather Post Pavilion Label: Domino Records Gender: Experimental Rock/Psychedelic Pop Release date: January 6, 2008 ZMErating: 9.5/10 Website: www.myanimalhome.net There’s something just special about Animal Collective, that always resonates in their wacky, space-out music. I always like to think of them as modern day Peter Pans, a trio of grown up men forever trapped in childhood’s magical grasp. I just love it how they transmit this feeling in their…
Here’s a new track from our favorite Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John, presumably (no one officially confirmed the name) titled “Nothing to Worry About,” which just recently premiered on Kanye’s blog. WORLD PREMIERE … THEY SENT THE SONG TO ME FIRST! PETER BJORN & JOHN… SHIT IS DOPE!! DRUMS ARE CRAZY AND I LIKE THE KIDS ON THE HOOK. THERE NEW ALBUM IS CALLED “LIVING THING” ….. WITH ALL THAT SAID I DON’T KNOW…
What’s probably the most influential electronic music band in the world, Kraftwerk, will surprisingly tour with Radiohead, as gig openers, for their upcoming 2009 trek. Quite an end to German-English rivalry. Although, Kraftwerk is on board only for a hanful of shows, Latin American fans will be delighted to see the two giants on tour, starting March 15-16, when they’ll kick it off in Mexico City, before calling it quits on April 25-26 in Wolfsburg,…
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