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Portland's Grails are Sonic Foragersnew
Middle Eastern exotica swirls into sludgy stoner rock riffs. Desert-baked noir-scapes lift off into synth-fueled space rock. Elemental drones contrast with trip-hop beats and modern chop-shop sampling. Grails is an evolving maze.
INDY Week |
John Schacht |
04-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Grails
The Story of Floating Action's Pan-Everything Soulnew
In the alchemy of greasy funk from Memphis and Detroit soul, Caribbean island riddims and Tropicalia beats, and African and Middle Eastern accents, Seth Kauffman has come up with a distinct sound he's dubbed "lo-fi North Carolina funk."
INDY Week |
John Schacht |
02-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Floating Action
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What do you do when one of your favorite bands becomes an utter embarrassment?new
When I was a teenager, I filled notebooks with annotations for the lyrics to Operation: Mindcrime, the third album by Queensrÿche. I lined up four hours before doors opened (and three hours before anyone else showed up) to see them play at a theatre in Kentucky...
Tags: Queensryche
Monumentour: My Rock, My Salvationnew
How this summer's Monumentour testifies to the resilient role of rock 'n' roll.
Tags: Fallout Boy, Monumentour
The strangely similar career paths of Vampire Weekend and Blur's Damon Albarnnew
During a concert last fall at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Vampire Weekend diverged from their own material exactly once, covering Blur's Dadaist jock jam "Song 2." The choice was a surprisingly big, crunchy move for a band whose sound typically veers toward the airy and nuanced...
Tags: Vampire Weekend, Damon Albarn
Future Islands' Roots Run Back to North Carolinanew
Since an appearance on David Letterman, the band’s rise has been meteoric.
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