by Nicole | Apr 30, 2014 | Music, Reviews
The new Wye Oak is perfect! Here’s a teaser from my review over at Treblezine: “Tracks like ‘Before,’ ‘Shriek,’ and ‘Sick Talk’ effervesce in pleasant waves of synths and drum loops. Wasner’s vocals carry sunlight and...
by Nicole | Apr 23, 2014 | Music, Reviews
One spin from S. Carey’s new offering, Range of Light, and a complex, layered, work of art unfolds that meanders somewhere between shadow and sun. Christened after John Muir’s name for the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Carey’s second album pulls off “sophomore...
by Nicole | Mar 24, 2014 | Music, Reviews
I admit it, reviewing Future Islands was incredibly hard merely because I’ve been into them for a few years now. So, am I objective? Probably not. Check out a teaser from my review at Treblezine: Vocalist Sam Herring says that calling Future Islands’ newest...
by Nicole | Mar 20, 2014 | Music, Reviews
Back in 1997, a Los Angeles band called Kara’s Flowers made their debut with The Fourth World, an album with a sound reminiscent of contemporary alt-rock fare like Weezer and Green Day. Yet, despite their loyal following, massive hooks and the backing of a big-time...
by Nicole | Mar 17, 2014 | Music, Reviews
Blue Film is the kind of freshman album that excites the nerves with the thrill of discovery, like The xx’s first album or Pure Heroine, the debut album by New Zealand success story Lorde — with whom Lo-Fang is currently on tour. But Blue Film is a thing...