Entries Tagged as ‘Music Review’

July 27, 2010

Review: Best Coast – Crazy For You

“Crazy For You sound[s] like a Ronnettes record, if the Ronnettes liked indie rock, smoked a lot of weed, and had a cat named Snacks.”

July 22, 2010

Track Review: Land of Talk – “Swift Coin”

In advance of next month’s Cloak and Cipher, Land of Talk’s first new single, “Swift Coin,” serves a perfect introduction for a band that’s been on the verge of breaking for a couple of years. Elizabeth Powell’s multitracked voice swoons over the warbling guitar that is the band’s trademark, before the song breaks down into [...]

July 20, 2010

TUiW Goes to the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival

TUiW hit the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival this past weekend, and for those that couldn’t make it out, here’s our blow by blow recap: Friday Arriving a little late at the festival, the first act I saw was Robyn, who brought a high energy set to the early evening of Day 1. Armed with a [...]

July 2, 2010

Up and Coming: Bear Ceuse

St. Louis based Bear Ceuse is the project of Cameron Matthews, a small town Missourian with a knack for writing excellent rock music. Unlike so many other indie bands, Bear Ceuse doesn’t use distortion as shield to cover up sloppy guitar work, instead focusing on catchy songwriting, shifting effortlessly from the rock squalor of Pavement [...]

May 17, 2010

Up and Coming: AudioDax

Infectious indie-rappers that ooze good vibrations.

May 11, 2010

Review: The Hold Steady – “Heaven Is Whenever”

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May 10, 2010

Review: Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record

Toronto’s finest return.

April 22, 2010

TUIW Goes to Coachella: Sunday

TUiW spent the past weekend in Indio, CA for this year’s Coachella festival. Here’s our recap of Sunday: Local Natives The L.A. band got a lot of support from the locals at Coachella, who packed the tent well in advance of their set. Local Natives worked through tracks off of their stellar debut Gorilla Manor, [...]

April 22, 2010

TUIW Goes to Coachella: Saturday

Our review of Day 2 of Coachella 2010.

April 21, 2010

TUIW Goes to Coachella: Friday

Recaping Day 1 of Coachella 2010.