Articles tagged "liars"

Music Review

Karen O and the Kids: Where The Wild Things Are

by Zach Schonfeld

[6.Nov.09] :. Karen O’s lively soundtrack sounds best where the wild things aren’t: in the most straightforward bits of childlike indie-pop.

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Mixed Media

Fol Chen - “Cable TV” (video / MP3)

by Alan Ranta

[9.Mar.09] :. Chris Wilcha (This American Life) treats us with the second video from Asthmatic Kitty’s latest and greatest, Fol Chen’s Part 1: John Shade, Your Fortune’s Made, which saw...

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PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007 Feature

The Best Albums of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[21.Dec.07] :. From tech house to Radiohead and Americana to indie and everything in between, PopMatters picks the best 60 albums of 2007.

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007

 

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Liars: Liars

by Michael Patrick Brady

[27.Aug.07] :. After several years of challenging audiences with their bold and brash attempts to deconstruct everything you ever knew about rock music, Liars return with a remarkable new album that rebuilds it in their own image.

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Capsule Reviews

Liars: The Other Side of Mount Heart Attack [CD-single]

by Daniel Spicer

[8.Aug.06] :. So you’re a fan of Liars; you’ve been digging their album Drum’s Not Dead for months; you know how beautiful and naïve the final track is, with its nursery hush,...

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Lola Ray: Liars

by Michael Franco

[19.Jul.06] :. On their sophomre outing, Lola Ray show an admirable amount of growth -- but they've still got a ways to go.

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Liars: Drum’s Not Dead

by Mike Schiller

[20.Mar.06] :. Over the course of their short career thus far, Liars music has invited more analysis than emotion. Drum's Not Dead may be the first step in changing that.

 

Liars: It Fit When I Was A Kid EP

by J. Santos Suarez

[2.Feb.06] :. This Liars EP is a little last minute, but works as a teaser for their full-length Drum's Not Dead.

 

Liars: We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of Our Own

by Katie Zerwas

[15.Jul.04] :. They’re smart. They’re bold. They’re creepy as hell. They’re Liars, and they probably don’t make the kind of music you’re used to hearing. In fact, they probably...

 

Todd Rundgren: Liars

by Jason Thompson

[3.Jun.04] :. For years now, Todd Rundgren has been searching for the Truth. Be it musically, spiritually, or technologically, it’s hard to think of another artist who has had such a long-standing career...

 

Liars

by Chris Bailey

[6.Apr.04] :. LiarsPhoto credit: Danielle Levitt In case you haven’t heard, Angus Andrew wants to be a horse. Some people may have tried to convince you that it’s a put-on, but I assure...

 

Liars: They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

by Devon Powers

[15.Mar.04] :. The myth of the Ugly Duckling is prevalent in our culture; equally important, though with less prominence, is that of the Deteriorating Swan. Let me explain. Someplace in your past, whether in your...

 

Liars: Fins to Make Us More Fish-Like

by Ryan Potts

[18.Dec.02] :. Admitting you’re a liar is the most honest thing a person can do,” spits the looming 6’6” frontman of New York’s heirs of glorious noise. But this isn’t a lie: the...

 

    Liars: They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top

by Devon Powers

[19.Aug.02] :. These days, there’s been a lot of talk about the resurrection of punk/post-punk by New York City bands. Generally, the narrative goes a little something like this: recession, discontent, back...

 

Liars: They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top

by Matt Eberhart

[13.Aug.02] :. Led by too much hype and too little talent, New York’s rock ‘n’ roll scene—the one that had been dead for a while—recently resurfaced just east of Manhattan, in the...

 

Liars

by Devon Powers

[17.Jan.02] :. By the night’s end, it seemed everything had been destroyed—including the band. Drummer Ron Albertson eyed his band mates venomously, gingerly re-erecting his toppled bass drum and...