“Surprise Hotel” is one hell of an infectious track that will get you hooked from the first riff that sets in, keeping you captured from there on thanks to its incredibly diverse arrangements. Diverse could seem an improperly loose term in this case however, since Fool’s Gold has no less than 12 band members in its formation. Now, who here doesn’t love the big sound that comes from a big band? I for one am…
“Unmap”, by Volcano Choir, is an incredible project, one that’s been many years in the making (more than four years!), but which has now finally been released for the common pair of ears to rejoice upon. A product of the joint creative minds of Bon Iver and Collections of Colonies of Bees, the album impresses through it’s deep and sincere music, straight from the heart. Bon Iver, as always, is simply incredible, even though his…
If you’re into Animal Collective and college lo-fi jams, you’ll undoubtedly love Truman Peyote, a Massachusettes electro duo consisting of Eric Farber and Caleb Johannes. The two just recently released a very promising album titled “Light-Lightning” via Whitehaus Family Records, which has already sold out, so if you like what you hear, you’ll have to wait for the LP to come out. There seems to be a lot of bands popping up recently that are…
It seems like my bitching was heard or something (start a blog too, people. Who knows who might hear your whining and do something about it. Just kidding – don’t mind me). Either way, a few months ago I was feeling a bit dishearten about the straightforward approach St. Vincent received for her video of Actor Out Of Work, but in this latest music video for the cascading “Marrow” it’s all the other way around….
There’s been a lot of hype recently around the teen-vampire-love-story-preposterous-concept-flick New Moon, mainly the soundtrack to keep things relevant here on ZME. A few days ago, I wrote about me being surprised to see Grizzly Bear officially confirmed on the sound score for the movie, after subsequently Thom Yorke, Death Cab for Cutie, Bon Iver and The Killers were also announced, and how things we’re clearly shaping up towards an all indie cast. Today, we’ve…
Album name: Wildlife Artist name: Headlights Genre: Indie Pop Released: October 6th 2009 Label: PolyVinylRecords.com ZME Rating: 9/10 Website: http://www.myspace.com/headlights I have interviewed the Headlights a couple of months ago (Interview), when they promised that their new material will be out this fall. And they kept their promise, as we only have about 2 weeks until we’ll finally see the new Headlights album – „Wildlife” in stores. It will be released at the beginning of…
This is getting preposterous. A few days after we talk about the first confirmed track off the soundtrack for the upcoming Twilight movie, “New Moon,” by Death Cab for Cutie, I’m left to find out that one of the most consistent bands of the year, Grizzly Bear, has been also confirmed as part of the musical score. So far, the New Moon soundtrack features music by artists of the likes of Death Cab for Cutie,…
It’s my great pleasure to introduce today one of my favorite bands to rise up out of the merciless shroud of mediocrity this summer, the incredible lo-fi duo Girls, the band. Lately, it seems like I’ve been starting to develop a soft spot for West Coast surf jams, but truth be it, what’s there not to love? And, boy, how well does Girls know how to pump out incredibly simple lo-fi anthems. It sure does…
Shiver my timbers, me Lass, if it isn’t another Pavement reunion, argghh*. This time, however, it seems it’s all legit, and the band will indeed get back together, according to still unreleased trusted sources (like we haven’t heard that before, but we’re still entitled to hope, right?), for a stint of shows in 2010. In about 370 days or so, Pavement will hold a benefit show at Central Park SummerStage on September 21, 2010. Moreover,…
It’s been an incredible year for the French quartet Phoenix, having released the amazing “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”, that’s sure to get feature in most people’s year end best of lists, and toured much of Europe and North America almost relentlessly. Last night, the band paid Conan a visit when they were invited to play their hit single “1901” at the end of the Tonight Show. The performance was, as expected, flawless, but a bit boring…
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