March 2011
5 posts
Bright Eyes - The People's Key
Conor Oberst recently told Billboard that he was “over the Americana, rootsy, whatever that sound is”. Fair enough. He’s been doing it for years - most notably on his stunningly good 2005 album I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning. But now that we’ve come to the end of the line for Oberst’s Bright Eyes project, The People’s Key indicates that maybe he...
The Strokes - Live @ The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas
A valet at the Riviera says a man jumped from a 23rd-storey window at the Cosmopolitan last week. Says the guy lived. “Two options,” he says. “Either he’s a human vegetable, or he’s got more broken bones than Evel Knevel.” But there will be no jumping from windows tonight; The Strokes are in town after being holed away for years.
To look at the Cosmopolitan -...
The Strokes - Angles
It’s been five years since we last heard from The Strokes, and in that time they’ve largely abandoned the formula that made their seminal 2001 debut, Is This It an unexpected milestone record. There’ve been natural links in The Strokes’ evolution though, as each album has marked a progression from what came before it. So, with five years between outings, it makes sense...
Marianne Faithfull - Horses And High Heels
Marianne Faithfull has lived hard and put her voice through hell over the course of her 47-year career, and on her 24th studio album, Horses And High Heels, all of that abuse comes through with crushing poignancy. The album has that worn-in, hauntingly authentic, soulful sound that can only come through bitter experience, and Faithfull, finally over the writer’s block that produced...
Rainbow Arabia - Boys And Diamonds
Now signed to Kompakt, the LA-based husband and wife basement-dwelling duo Tiffany and Daniel Preston release their debut full-length as Rainbow Arabia. Picking up right where 2010’s Kabukimono left off, Boys And Diamonds continues the Prestons’ smash-and-grab plundering of global musical motifs, adding to the equation an extra layer of sheen and replacing their well-worn analogue...
