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Best described as an eclectic mix of industrial pop rock, Chinese Democracy features plenty of standard GNR trademark dramatic song styling, but without the presence of a ultra-powerful ballad like “November Rain” or a ultra catchy riff like “Welcome to the Jungle” it comes off more like an experimental Queen or Styx effort than a traditional GNR album but in the end is well worth the 10+ year wait. More »
Tags: axl rose, guns n roses
Nick Thorburn of Islands and The Unicorns teams with hip-hop producer Daddy Kev to make a concept album about Hawaii and the results are about what you’d expect – Thorburn’s airy voice crooning beat-driven pop songs covered in ukulele, steel guitar, and all manner of watery nature sounds, to fairly entertaining effect.
Tags: daddy kev, human highway, islands, nick thorburn, reefer, the unicorns
On their third album, Deerhunter move away from their noisy, instrumental sound in favor of something that sounds like a far more palatable and enjoyable fusion of 60s psychedelic pop and 90s rock, and the change is for the better: rather than challenging you with noise and distortion, most of Microcastle floats on catchy riffs and dreamy vocals, immersing you in it’s strange warmth and keeping you satisfyingly addicted.
Tags: atlas sound, bradford cox, deerhunter, microcastle, weird era cont.
Far more mainstream and less experimental than Weiland’s debut 12 Bar Blues, Happy is also that much less interesting, and aside from an interesting remake of David Bowie’s “Fame” mostly hearkens back to the more odd (and completely unremarkable) melodic pop of Stone Temple Pilots.
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What really sets The Week That Was apart from most indie acts is that they seem to find no shame in grandeur, their debut finds them doing big, nearly orchestral pop that reminds one of the golden age of Britpop, or the beats, bass, and vocal delivery of New Wave – don’t mistake such characteristics for typical indie nostalgia though, The Week That Was has a sound all their own.
Tags: field music, the week that was
With thundering guitar and shouted vocals, one might think Crystal Antlers a metal band at first, but their debut EP presents a more diverse and interesting package: impossible to pin down to one specific genre but always soaring and with a touch of psychedelia, particularly on numbers like the epic highlight, “A Thousand Eyes”.
Tags: crystal antlers, ep