Thursday, November 1 2012
Today’s “New” Music Is All Folked Up
One of today’s biggest musical trends owes a debt to one of music’s oldest traditions – buddies gathered on a front porch jamming with guitars, banjos, and mandolins. Some of today’s most popular groups sound like they belong in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1920s, not on alternative radio of the 2010s.
Friday, October 28 2011
Austin City Limits: Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr + Fleet Foxes + Arcade Fire
When you get right down to it, very few bands are truly capable of commanding a festival size crowd and won't be getting any easier, as attention spans get ever shorter.
Tuesday, May 18 2010
Pearly Gate Music: Pearly Gate Music
Pearly Gate Music offers an interesting mix of different styles and genres of low-fi, almost garage-y music, but like a cake mix stirred up with an inexact blend of the proper ingredients, it comes off a little bit lumpy at times.
Friday, December 19 2008
The Best Albums of 2008
PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2008, highlighted by the return of British trip-hop legends and some infectious American indie rock by way of the Cascade Mountains.
Monday, June 2 2008
Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
The boys' voices rarely go where you'd expect, but upon even one play-through, you can't imagine them going anywhere else.
Thursday, April 24 2008
Fleet Foxes: 18 Mar 2008 - Memphis
Their voices rose up as if being resurrected from a long, deep sleep, and echoed out through the tiny bar-turned-sanctuary, mesmerizing the crowd. With that brief a cappella introduction, the gospel according to Fleet Foxes began to unfold.
