March 2010
25 posts
The Besnard Lakes... Are the Roaring Night
Shoegaze is thought to be dead by now. My Bloody Valentine was the pioneer of the genre with ever-spectacular flawless classic, Loveless. Then lots of bands tried to copy the style but failed constantly. Interestingly the closest thing that came near Loveless was M83’s electronica-shoegaze, Before the Dawn Heals Us. Still, shoegaze is a genre that I absolutely love for its seductive...
Off the Racks:
One of the best parts about working for a college radio station is having a constant supply of new releases sent straight from record promoters, and recently I’ve pulled a few albums off the rack that I definitely think deserve some internet attention. CLICK THIS LINK FOR FULL POST (and song downloads!)
Sigh No More, Mumford and Sons-
I hadn’t heard about this band before, and just on this album...
February 2010
15 posts
The Other Dave
Dave Rawlings’ “A Friend Of A Friend” was one of the most under-appreciated albums of 2009. It features lively and moving performances by singer-guitarist Rawlings, longtime partner Gillian Welch, and members of Old Crow Medicine Show, whose “Wagon Wheel” you probably sang around the campfire during Adirondack Adventure. Prior to “Friend,” Rawlings...
Valentines Day Is A Hallmark Holiday, Anyway! (and...
Oh Boy. 14th fell on a Sunday this year, meaning a jarring reentry into the work week for the lonely or heart-broken. Yesterday was a day of coffee drinking, futile attempts to prepare for the week to come, and countless heart-shaped reminders of solitude. However, you’re not alone. Western music in the last two hundred years is right there with you, pining the night away. Here is this...
Classic Indie Rock
Sonic Youth in 1991^
I would like to develop a concept I think warrants adoption: classic indie rock. Years before The Strokes got everyone grooving to “12:51” with their indie aesthetic via major label distribution, influential bands such as Sonic Youth (SY), Built to Spill and Dinosaur Jr. experienced varying levels of crossover success at a pivotal time when the lines between...
Josh Ritter Announces New Album
Josh Ritter, one of the greatest forces in folk music today, just announced that his new album, So Runs The World Away, is going to be released in the US on May 4th. For more information and an advance track off the album, visit pietonight.wordpress.com
Board Picks: January
We’re 7 days into Febuary, but here’s a list of favorite albums or songs that some of the e-board members enjoyed last month!
Ian Wayne (Music Director)
Isley Brothers - Brotherhood
Donovan - Gift From A Flower To A Garden
Beach House - Teen Dream
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
Cliff Yu (Member At Large)
The Killers - Sam’s Town
Temper Trap - Conditions
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This Weekends Music News
Alright, well Flying Lotus who might be the most creative beatmaker out there today is releasing a new album on 4/20, calling it Cosmogramma. One track he’s doing with none other than Thom Yorke. Now really psyched about the album, cause his last album was pretty ecstatic.
For more details and 3 rare track downloads, follow the link:...
Music for Snow-and-Sun Walking
Donovan Leitch’s A Gift From A Flower to a Garden is what you want to be listening to these days in Central New York. The snow is always new and deep, the paths are always freshly plowed, the wind carries particles of snow and ice that catch in your scarf, and best of all, the sun shines some days, livening up what is otherwise a dormant. One of these glorious days I had Donovan’s 1967...
YACHT FOR FEBFEST
If you haven’t noticed the posters around the school, YACHT is the main performer for this year’s Febfest.
and since I wrote too many things for one day, I decided to copy their profile and post a video to introduce you to this wonderful DANCE band, YACHT.
Profile from their myspace:
YACHT is a Band, Belief System, and Business conducted by Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans of...
There Is Love In You - Four Tet
It’s pretty damn cold outside. I mean, over this winter break, Korea had -17 degrees Fahrenheit, making it the coldest weather in Korean history. -17 degrees or 10 degrees, it’s still doesn’t make any difference in freezing your poor nostrils on your way to class. Snow started to waltz down softly as I started my trek to Science Building from Major, the farthest dorm to the farthest academic...
Stream Hot Chips new album "One Life Stand" in...
Hot Chip is set to release their third full-length album entitled “One Life Stand” on February 8th. Listen to the album on their myspace before it hits stores!
http://www.myspace.com/hotchip
- Sam
Dr. Dog/The Growlers Live at the Wescott Theater...
This past Saturday I made the trek off campus in near zero temperatures to see Dr. Dog with some friends. The show presented a good chance to see a lo-fi/indie band like Dr. Dog without having to venture to a festival atmosphere.
The opening band, the Growlers, hailed from Southern California and brought with them all sorts of reverberated surf-rock that was received with mixed emotions from...
The Knife - Tomorrow, In A Year (Full Stream)
Here is the Knife’s new ‘album’. This is an opera based on Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species”. Sounds cool, you say? Well this ain’t no ‘Silent Shout’ and let’s talk about inaccessibility.
http://fairtilizer.com/playlists/27042
-Taewook Lucas Kang
2010 Grammy Winners
Best alternative music album – Phoenix – “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” (YAY!) Best urban/alternative performance – India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore – “Pearls” Best R&B song – Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” Best R&B album – Maxwell – “BLACKsummer’snight” Best rap song – Rihanna, Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Run This Town” Best rap album – Eminem – “Relapse” Best short form music...
