Is Karin Dreijer Andersson the electroclash equivalent of Eddie Vedder? Lets break it down… Both singers have haunting and dynamic voices that commanded attention when they first emerged as artists and continue to demand attention even if they are not hit machines anymore. Both have spawned many imitators. Yet perhaps it is in this area […]
Long before the terms blog house and indie dance were coined to differentiate the harder sounding rock-influenced beats of recent years, there was a breaks DJ from Brighton UK who mixed the influences of rock, reggae and punk into his sets when no one else was. Adam Freeland is already a legend in the electronica […]
England’s La Roux take their name from the French colloquial term describing “a person with red-hair”. I would have to say their decision go with a French name is a good one, considering that the equivalent English moniker for redheads would be “The Ginger” (not the mysterious, fiery name that you would need to sell […]
Where/When: The Phoenix, Friday April 17, 2009. Who: Woodhands (headlining duo), The Carps (setup pair), Famous Players (two DJ’s) In the battle of the two person group at the Phoenix on Friday night, one pair stood above the rest hands-down.Woodhands rocked the crowd by playing their catalogue of songs lush with frenetic vocals and interesting […]
Short post this time around. Brazil’s The Twelves have been tagged to remix a freshly released Metric track. Help I’m Alive (The Twelves Remix) comes out on the lighter side of their reworking catalogue by honing in on the sweetness of Emily Haines vocals in the chorus and adjusting accordingly with the bass and other […]