In 2007, if you’d told me that James Mercer of The Shins and Danger Mouse were teaming up for a collaborative project, I probably would have flipped out. The Shins were riding high after three great records, and Danger Mouse had been the man behind The Grey Album, Gnarls Barkley, and producer of Gorillaz’s hit, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Music Review’
February 9, 2010
Review: Yeasayer – Odd Blood
On their debut record, Yeasayer pedaled doom and dread, scoring an indie hit with their single “2080.” Now here comes the follow-up, Odd Blood, which, despite its cracked-out album art and the exceedingly creepy music video that preceeded its release, is a decidedly cheerier affair. Its also more sonically straightforward, relying on a mix of [...]
January 29, 2010
Track-By-Track Review: Casual Victim Pile
Casual Victim Pile is an anagram for Live Music Capital, btw.
January 26, 2010
Review: Beach House – Teen Dream
Any way you run, you run before us. Black and white horse, arching among us.
January 26, 2010
Review: Los Campesinos! – Romance is Boring
Since their first record, Hold On Now, Youngster, opens with the bombastic “Death to Los Campesinos!” and their follow up “EEP” We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed starts with the bouncy “Ways to Make it Through the Wall,” one would expect that with the first track on their new record, Romance is Boring, Los Campesinos! [...]
January 19, 2010
Review: Spoon – Transference
Austin-based Spoon have been critical darlings for a long time but in 2007, they released Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and broke out as much as is possible for a band to do in this day and age. Somehow simultaneously finding Spoon at their most experimental and most poppy, Ga x5 could have saddled the [...]
January 12, 2010
Review: Vampire Weekend – Contra
In formulating my review of Vampire Weekend’s new record Contra, I found myself unable to figure out how to address the record. There’s a lot to be said about Vampire Weekend outside of the actual music on the record, which can sometimes get in the way when listening to the music itself. When the band [...]
January 11, 2010
Tangled Up in Wires Goes to Free Week
The first week in January is not traditionally a particularly exciting time for concerts so here in Austin, a few clever concert promoters came up with the idea to liven up business by hosting a week of free music with local and developing bands. So we here at the Tangled Up in Wires Austin office [...]
December 14, 2009
Live Review: Land of Talk – Radio Radio 12.11.2009
Elizabeth Powell and Land of Talk are a kind of indie rock conundrum. They had a great debut with Applause, Cheer, Boo, Hiss, followed that with the terrific Justin Vernon-produced Some Are Lakes, and just recently released the TUIW approved Fun and Laughter EP. On top of three great releases, they had a stint opening [...]
November 3, 2009
Review: Los Campesinos! – “There Are Listed Buildings”
And woe betide your listed heaaaaarts
Michael
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