Monday, October 3 2011
Neon Indian: Era Extraña
The Texan synth-popper follows his playful 2009 debut with an album that has little time for play...or for hooks, melody, or discernible emotion. Well-assembled, though. (Note: review does not contain the phrase 'chillwave.')
Thursday, September 1 2011
Pal198X Informercial by Neon Indian
Neon Indian has created a late night video oddity that is the perfect blend of eerie and nostalgic for the heady arthouse sci-fi camp of SubGenius propoganda films.
Wednesday, December 1 2010
Late Fall New Music Playlist
New releases plus a trip to a music festival gives plenty of options for a playlist
Friday, November 5 2010
Moogfest: 29 October 2010 - Asheville, NC
25,000 Halloween revelers enjoy festival honoring Bob Moog with 60 bands over three days.
Friday, October 1 2010
Miniature Tigers: F O R T R E S S
F O R T R E S S is a mixed bag. The weirder, more complex ideas work out the best, while the simpler songs just leave Miniature Tigers sounding like their indie-pop contemporaries.
Monday, August 23 2010
Chilled to Spill: How The Oil Spill Ruined Chillwave’s Summer Vacation
Empty nostalgia or a realignment of values, chillwave's alchemical waste-sounds may be on the cusp of a deadbeat summer.
Monday, May 3 2010
The Day the (AM) Music Died
There are songs played on AM radio that I would never put on at home, or want to hear in a bar or on an iPod; they only seem to sound good on a tinny AM receiver, especially the one in my car.
Wednesday, March 31 2010
Erosion Nearly Complete, Music Industry Begins Reconstruction at SXSW 2010
SXSW conference attendees took a workmanlike “how-to” approach to discussing new revenue streams, replacing the “what do we do now?” tone of recent years.
Thursday, March 18 2010
PHOTOS: SXSW Music Day 1: Besnard Lakes, White Denim, Nas and Damian Marley, Motorhead…
Photos of the Besnard Lakes, White Denim, Nas and Damian Marley, Motorhead, and Adam Tensta from Day 1 of SXSW.
