Bent's fourth album, Intercept!, picks up after Ariels and further masters their blend of eccentric chillout and ethereal house. The secret ingredient is an unconventional lushness from the duo's signature background effects and array of beats. The tag team of Nail Tolliday and...
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The first solo album by Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire, I Killed The Zeitgeist shows off the lyrical talent that has gained him so much notoreity as part of the Manics. Known as being the mellow one of the group, his album reflects... -
Like a prairie storm rolling through, Now It's Overhead's new release, Dark Light Daybreak, taps Andy LeMaster's extensive production talents to spawn a robust drencher of an album. LeMaster, a touted engineer and multi-instrumentalist teamed up with members of Azure Ray and drummer Chad Leverett... -
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Facts and Figures is sugary, crystalline IDM by way of Swedish electronicians, The Legends. The nine or so members of the group have refined an album saturated by arpeggiations remniscient of New Order. But a lot more child-like. -
Laptop pop is all about synthetic drumming, cruising guitar, and various background blippage. Over the Atlantic is all about laptop pop. With soft vocals and a mellow techrock feel, the duo of Bevan Smith and Nik Brinkman create a night-time smoothness with their album Junica... -
The Flaming Lips are the masters of the indie rock spectacle. The balloons, the cheering sections, the massive video, the singalongs, the hamster ball, the giant hands; the list goes on and on. Like a Saturday morning kids show on crack, the entire cartoon-ish experience can... -
Britpop always seems to fill in its own gaps. As bands shoot to the top of charts, there are several others that keenly borrow sounds, as the fervor of being the next big thing in British rock is well-documented. In this case, somewhere between Elbow,... -
The princes of white-hop are back on a full tour supporting their new album, Classics, with their signature snarl and electrojam flow. The second stop on the trek sold out the Middle East in Cambridge, MA. The audience was packed like sweaty sardines, including some... -
Whenever there's an indie concert at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, you can expect a unique show. Cat Power's second show last night was no different. With a reputation for onstage meltdowns and indie diva puppetry, Miss Power, aka Chan Marshall, can stretch her...