Bubblegum Lemonade’s Laz McCluskey collaborates with vocalist Sandra in the equally sugary-sounding noise-pop band Strawberry Whiplash. The two hail from Glasgow, Scotland, and have just released their second EP, Picture Perfect (Matinee). The follow-up to 2008′s Who’s In Your Dreams EP features four sunny tracks with sweet, girlish vocals and plenty of fuzz and reverb. [...]
Whether it was as the guitarist who created the gothic-western landscape of Shiva Burlesque 20 years ago, the even bigger guitar sound of Grant Lee Buffalo that rode herd in the ’90s (while he screwed up his courage to get his feet wet as a singer) or his current solo career (a wonderfully diverse summation [...]
In April, Ólafur Arnalds recorded one song every day for a week; the results became Found Songs, a collection of beautiful minimalist tracks. This modern, maybe post-modern, release takes you back to the pre-digital days, when music was simply beautiful. The irony of the situation is that each song was originally released via Twitter, and [...]
Ever wonder will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC): Ladyhawke Rerun from September 25. New Zealand’s Ladyhawke (a.k.a “Pip” Brown) performed “My Delirium.” Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): The Temper Trap These Aussie rockers are supporting debut LP Conditions. The [...]
Whether it was as the guitarist who created the gothic-western landscape of Shiva Burlesque 20 years ago, the even bigger guitar sound of Grant Lee Buffalo that rode herd in the ’90s (while he screwed up his courage to get his feet wet as a singer) or his current solo career (a wonderfully diverse summation [...]
This delicate folk-tinged ballad makes a perfect soundtrack for the cool October weather. To get Lisa Germano, you’ve got to imagine a female Tom Waits with a gift for off-kilter piano chords and a frenemies bond with Björk. At once vulnerable and menaching, “Snow,” from new album Magic Neighbor (Young God), is a great introduction to [...]
Given the resumés of the members of Githead—guitarist Colin Newman (Wire), bassist Malka Spigel and drummer Max Franken (both Minimal Compact) and guitarist Robin Rimbaud (Scanner)—it’s not surprising the band so effortlessly mixes a pop sensibility with an experimental edge. New album Landing, Githead’s third since forming in 2004, is due out next month on the band’s [...]
Whether it was as the guitarist who created the gothic-western landscape of Shiva Burlesque 20 years ago, the even bigger guitar sound of Grant Lee Buffalo that rode herd in the ’90s (while he screwed up his courage to get his feet wet as a singer) or his current solo career (a wonderfully diverse summation [...]
Someone never got Jay Z’s message that autotune is dead. But not for Wallpaper, whose take on T-Pain style glitz is roughly as serious as your average Lonely Island video. Complete with bling, champagne and sunglasses inexplicably worn indoors, the video for “I Got Soul, I’m So Wasted,” from Doodoo Face (Eenie Meenie), has plenty [...]
