Tag Archives: The DFA

The British May In Fact Be Coming

Yeah, so our new pres is freakin’ awesome, there’s change in the air, and America has a reason to be proud of itself for once. That’s all pretty righteous, but most of the music on the radio still blows, so we shouldn’t forget there’s a whole world of sound out there to explore. […]

“Keys Open Door…Key-Keys Open Doors…”

The pair of acts I’m going to introduce you to today are sort-of a holdover from yesterday’s entry discussing Neptunesian Pop music. Neither of them are signed to the Star Trak label. But both are well-versed in the keyboard and drum-machine-powered method of neoteric transposition of the grooves, melodies, chords, instrumental flourishes, songwriting […]

Ur Filthy Cute & Baby U Know It

After two posts in a row discussing the merger of acoustic instrumentation, electronically-generated sounds, heartfelt human emotions and mechanical bio-rhythms I wondered whether I was developing some sort of unintentional theme for the week. So after clicking “post” on yesterday’s entry I made a conscious decision to approach today’s post from a different […]

Short Piers and Space Travelers

Last week one of my absolute favorite bands in the world — Athens, Georgia-based Indie-Pop sextet of Montreal — released “Id Engager,” the first single from their forthcoming ninth full-length album Skeletal Lamping. That album, which doesn’t hit stores until October 7th, is one of, if not the most anticipated release of the year […]