Tag Archives: Animal Collective

Do Young Folks “Lykke” Mushrooms?

Last Saturday L.A.-based emcee and music aficionado Micah James re-posted the video for “Run Run,” a Summer favorite from last year by Swedish girl-group Those Dancing Days, on his Facebook wall. Earlier the same day I resolved to finally delete Swedish Indie-Pop Lolita Lykke Li’s outstanding 2008 debut Youth Novels off my iPod to […]

The Colo(u)rful Clango(u)r of Blu and Sin Fang Bous

As some of you probably noticed, there was no Blogarhythms post yesterday. No, this was not the result of some unusual affection for former US presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln that prevents me from blogging on their designated day of honor. But it was the start of what will be a new—hopefully […]

Reissues at Random, Vol. 80: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons/Jake Holmes

When I likened Dent May to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons in yesterday’s post about mood-altering music it reminded me of something about the vocal group…Though mostly known for motivational chestnuts like “Walk Like a Man” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry” the New Jersey-based foursome released at least one LP that was far more […]

You Can Describe People, Places and Things…Simply Unpack Your Adjectives

Somehow I managed to submerge myself in P.O.S.’s outstanding new LP Never Better—with its dystopian, Beyond Thunderdome view of mid-economic-collapse America—without getting bummed out, despite the fact that my own life is in a fiduciary tailspin. I figure it must be his rebellious indignance, sensitive optimism and self-motivational stance—not to mention his witty wordplay—that […]

So All You Fly Mothers, Get On Out There and Dance, Dance I Say…

It’s true, Merriweather Post Pavilion surprised me with its unexpected adoption of club thump and trunk rattling shudder, easily becoming my favorite record of the new year so far. I mean I love indieternativewhateveryouwannacallit just fine, but I love synthesizers and drum-machine beats too, so a record that combines the two is more likely […]