“Hey Boy” begins with cherubic vocals straight from the Langley School before kicking into a pure blissed-out Spector/Beach Boys homage. There are sleigh bells, rollicking guitars, boyish vocals, glockenspiel, and oohs and ahhs to spare. Best of all, the band takes all of those pieces and puts together a song that, if not totally original, [...]
Great Lake Swimmer’s Tony Dekker composes gentle and rustic pop music that seems to occupy no specific time or place. The band employs the natural reverb of their historic recording spaces as a sixth member, creating a wide open sound that lends itself equally well to the hushed balladry of their early releases as it [...]
The the Eagles and Pavement finally overlap in their very own Venn diagram, thanks to Daytrotter. SM does James Gang’s “Funk 49.” MP3: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks – Funk 49 Amazon gives their take on the 100 greatest indie rock albums of all time. While, like all lists, there are choices that are suspect, [...]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar7DgREshAk[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVX6n_t356I[/youtube] The MP3 below comes from Ted Leo’s 2003 Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead EP and features Leo taking on the tune Billy Bragg style with only his electric guitar for backing. The Finn brothers’ deep synth textures may be totally lost, but the melody is kept carefully intact. MP3: Split Enz – Six [...]
We were fortuante to catch up with CMI favorite the Soft Pack (fka The Muslims) via email after their show in D.C. at the Black Cat with Friendly Fires and White Lies. They are currently on the NME tour for the next couple weeks, and you can find tour dates here. Being the nerdy [...]
© Colour Me Impressed. Powered by WordPress using the DePo Skinny Theme.