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Engaging Electro-Pop: Bachelorette Explores Technologynew
While many of Annabel Alpers' lyrics probe the role of technology in modern life it's her druggy, layered pop melodies that leave the lasting impression. Alpers, the sole member of New Zealand band Bachelorette, describes her dreamy laptop-engineered pop as "Bachelorette took too many mushrooms and fell in love with a computer."
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
04-07-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Annabel Alpers, Bachelorette
Fanfarlo is Fanning the Flamesnew
The bookish British band is on its U.S. tour in support of its first release, Reservoir, which hums with a certain romantic, coal-smudged, steam-punk quality.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
11-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Dodos Take flight with 'Time to Die'new
Expectations were high when The Dodos migrated to Seattle to record their new album Time to Die with indie music icon Phil Ek. Drummer Logan Kroeber said Ek influenced the new album pretty heavily in terms of the production.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
10-21-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Portland Singer-Songwriter Laura Gibson's Meditation on Mortalitynew
Though somber at points, Laura Gibson's second full-length, Beasts of Seasons, never edges toward macabre. The album emerges as more of a tribute to the plights and longings of the living than a fixation on the inevitability of death.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
06-24-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Deer Tick Channels Country & Classic Rock Rootsnew
For a relatively new band, ass-kicking expectations are high. Recently, Deer Tick was named the No. 1 act to claw through the chaos at SXSW 2009 by Rolling Stone, and NBC newscaster Brian Williams selected them to appear on his Web-only show, BriTunes.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
06-17-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mirah Returns with a New Albumnew
With 12 varied releases notched in her belt, Mirah's music has developed over the years from lo-fi bedroom fuzz to welling, multi-layered thunderstorms. But even with so many recordings, Mirah's newest album (a)spera is only her fourth full-length solo studio album.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
04-17-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
