Centipede Hz mixes the joy of sound with honest-to-goodness singable songs.
Popblerd’s New Release Report 9/4/12: The Return of matchbox twenty
matchbox twenty’s comeback is the big news this week. Find out what else is happening in the world of music in this week’s new release report!
Wikked Hipstah: Animal Collective Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Noise: A Study On The 2000s Most Divisive Rock Band (Part Three)
In case you missed ’em, check out the first and second installments in this series. Sprawling, rich in lyrical brilliance, sample-heavy and a true “pop” record, Merriweather Post Pavilion produced three,bouncing, even radio-friendly songs in the catchy-as-fuck “My Girls,” “Summertime Clothes,” a romp about exploring the joys of being a free soul in the intense summer heat, and “Brother Sport,” an oddly upbeat number about dealing with the death of Panda Bear’s father. More than anything, Merriweather does the best job […]
Wikked Hipstah: Animal Collective-How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Noise: Part 2
In case you missed it, check out Part One . Animal Collective followed the successful Sung Tongs with Feels in 2005. Different from its predecessors and later determined to be different from its successors, Feels returned, if only in form, to the experimentation of Spirit and Campfire Songs. Much of this album’s feel (again, no pun intended) bandwagons on the success and accessibility of Sung Tongs; obvious singles “Grass” and “The Purple Bottle” are bookended with tracks like the synesthetic “Did You […]