Music, Music and more Music
For Her And The Snow is Joe Presti from Brooklyn and sings songs of love and relationships. He goes from piano, guitar and sax effortlessly but the songs are still cheesy. For an early show, the place was packed to see Land of Talk. Their new drummer Andrew Barr from the Slip was well received …
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Very quick catchy pop songs came from Toronto’s Small Sins, and I found them to be quite amusing but musically perplexing. Why did they need 5 people to play the simplest of songs and a guitar player that added just noise over the electronic melodies? The lyrics were downright childish and tended to be repeated …
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20. “Every Sweet Soul” – Tobin Sprout 19. “Weight of That Weekend” – Land of Talk 18. “Double Arrows Down” – The Bombpops 17. “Off My Mind” – Hazel English 16. “Never Come Back” – Caribou 15. “Creep U” – Black Dresses 14. “Tokyo” – Julien Baker 13. “Become a Mountain” – Dan Deacon 12. …
Best Debut Album. Samia – The Baby Twenty three year old Samia Finnerty’s debut album deals with the bad feelings of becoming an adult with soft and subtle lyrics. 10. Dan Deacon- Mystic Familiar A cohesive album of lush bubbly digital compositions. A bit experimental, but always joyful and fun. A kaleidoscope of trippy sounds …
SXSW got cancelled, but the music still lives. I went through all the bands that were to perform and edited down a playlist of stuff I’d like to hear more of. We may be shut in and concerts a far off idea but there has been some wonderful new releases during this pandemic. I was …
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This is a tough one to write. Normally I would be overly excited for all the new music and concerts in the new year. I have to be honest that it has been especially difficult to deal with these surreal times. Live music and new sounds is integral for me. April-May has always been the …