There's an upcoming special collaboration between Manchester Orchestra and Kevin Devine called Bad Books and it's going to deliver a heady, but lively collection of Southern alt-rock jams. Both sides of the collaboration are at their finest, and fans of both will surely be pleased with the results.
2. Blitzen Trapper : Destroyer of the Void (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Ted Chase Indie-country/jam seems to have diminishing returns, even for Blitzen Trapper.
5. Band of Horses : Infinite Arms (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Ted Chase On Infinite Arms, Benjamin Bridwell's Band of Horses is a polished outfit - for good & bad.
Each festival season, New England has it rather tough. While an ever-growing array of music festivals (QRO Festival Guide) grace to the west, to the south, and even to the north in Canada (and east across the Atlantic in ‘old’ England – QRO U.K. Festival Guide), not to mention all the free events in New York (NYC Show Preview), flinty Yankees have to hope bands play Boston as a stop on their tour. So in 2009, Connecticut’s Frankie Bombaci put together ‘Bring Our Music Back Fest’, uniting bigger imports & local favorites. And B.O.M.B. returns in 2010 at Durham Fairgrounds (with an April 2011 appearance already schedule for New Orleans…):
7. Brent DeBoer : The Farmer (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Ted Chase Dandy Warhols drummer Brent DeBoer channels the hushed sorrow of the sixties & seventies on his solo release, The Farmer.
8. Black Francis : Nonstoperotik (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Ted Chase A somewhat softer touch makes for a middling
release in
this seminal artist's acclaimed discography.
9. Broken Social Scene : Forgiveness Rock Record (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Ted Chase Broken Social Scene brought their indie-collective sound to
the wider world, and they're still doing it best.
10. Brasstronaut : Mt. Chimaera (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Brendan MaGee Much like the myth that inspired its name, Brasstronaut's
debut full length possesses a fantastical nature.
The ever-dynamic, veteran group Piano Magic show they're a little older and smarter than younger collectives. The decade-old band features several English and French members, and their latest album Part Monster is an affecting set of chamber pop that draws elegance from both countries.
There's an upcoming special collaboration between Manchester Orchestra and Kevin Devine called Bad Books and it's going to deliver a heady, but lively collection of Southern alt-rock jams. Both sides of the collaboration are at their finest, and fans of both will surely be pleased with the results.
Indie-country/jam seems to have diminishing returns, even for Blitzen Trapper.
Brooklyn's own Bear in Heaven mesmerized a sold out crowd in L.A.
The summer has started off sweet.
On Infinite Arms, Benjamin Bridwell's Band of Horses is a polished outfit - for good & bad.
Dandy Warhols drummer Brent DeBoer channels the hushed sorrow of the sixties & seventies on his solo release, The Farmer.
A somewhat softer touch makes for
Broken Social Scene brought their indie-collective sound to
the wider world, and they're still doing it best.
Much like the myth that inspired its name, Brasstronaut's
debut full length possesses a fantastical nature.
The ever-dynamic, veteran group Piano Magic show they're a little older and smarter than younger collectives. The decade-old band features several English and French members, and their latest album Part Monster is an affecting set of chamber pop that draws elegance from both countries.
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