Massive Attack - Heligoland

Massive Attack
Heligoland

Rating: 7.9/10.0
Recommended Tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7
RiYL: Portishead, Tricky

Six years since a formal studio album and 3 years since a greatest hits package, it wouldn’t have been surprising if Massive Attack’s 2009 announcement was a break-up. Instead, they released an EP entitled Splitting the Atom. Perhaps disorienting at first, the 4 tracks, 2 of which were remixes, didn’t quite sound like anything the band had done before, missing much of the jazzy vibe of their early 90’s work as well as the dark cologne-saturated club atmosphere of 1998’s Mezzanine, perhaps their most well known effort to date. Read the rest of this entry »

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Akron/Family and Warpaint at the Granada Theater

The stars aligned overhead Thursday night, Angels sang and a muse descended onto Greenville Avenue. Of course, this could do little to strengthen the already monumental abilities of Warpaint and Akron/Family to give their audience what they wanted. They seemed to truly love the music and the act of sharing it with the crowd. Read the rest of this entry »

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Upcoming Concert Ticket Giveaways

Here is an updated list of upcoming ticket giveaways! Tune in to win! Read the rest of this entry »

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Tap Tap - Lanzafame

Tap Tap
Lanzafame

Rating: 8.0/10.0
Recommended Tracks: 2, 1, 5, 11
RiYL: The Arcade Fire, Beach Boys, The Clean

The reasons you’re reading about this record and not another more recent one are worth mentioning up front: I’m a loveable guy and I’ve actually got a heads-up on a band that will no doubt generate buzz in the near future (a difficult thing these days). Take note, the band is Pete and the Pirates, which is the mastermind behind Tap Tap with several new members. So in a way, this will end up being a review of two bands via one album. Read the rest of this entry »

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Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago

Shearwater
The Golden Archipelago

Rating: 7.1/10.0
Recommended Tracks: 1, 5, 6, 8, 9
RiYL: Midlake, Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy, Sea Wolf, The National

Are you married to the sea? Do you enjoy baroque vocals? Is your favorite song mysterious and delicately layered? Can you never get enough allusions to the callousness of the ocean and/or the lofty flight of a seabird? If so, you might just be a Shearwater fan. Though they’ve lost some of the epic-ness and consistency that made Rook so enjoyable, the band retains much of their formula that brought them success in the past. Read the rest of this entry »

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