Catching a Brakes

If I was to describe a band as containing former member of British Sea Power Eamon Hamilton, with the occasional backing from members of Sigur Ros, you’d probably picture something along the lines of winding musical tapestries that capture and build towards the precipice of a forceful crescendo. Both bands often produce lighter tracks with […]

The Envy Corps

Keep this song in your head into the weekend. Its called Wires and Wool by The Envy Corps. A band that’s been building from 2001 made up by a couple guys from Ames, Iowa. You’re probably going to be hearing a lot more from these guys if you haven’t already. They’ve toured with the Killers, […]

A couple quick thoughts on the Arcade Fire

1) You kids have an amazing live show, don’t change anything. Thanks for the 2 encores tonight. did you play a secret show that I didn’t know about? 2) Neon Bible. I like the record, but I think I’m a Funeral kind of guy. In the live shows? Its going to be a while before […]

Motocade

Got a message this morning from Scott in Motocade (a four-piece band from Auckland, NZ) asking me to take a listen to a couple tracks of their EP Into The Fall. I gotta admit, when I saw that the e-mail in my inbox was 12 megs I kind of cringed. Too many bad experiences here […]