Posts Tagged ‘Junior’
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The XX
In one room sits a huddled group of professionals, ranging from for-pay songwriters to conniving promoters. Their eyes are all on a whiteboard that lists several opportunities for their fledging client on this starry Friday nig...
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Joining the Two Door Cinema Club
Seeing a rock band take the stage without a drummer can be like watching an artist try to paint without a canvas. The ideas and talent can be there, but the necessary materials may not be. Many groups have accomplished enough w...
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Home Video Makes It OK
Although they may not realize it, high school students are in incredibly unique circumstances. They have a general comprehension of the occupational process and the basic decisions that mold their future, but their current ideo...
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Obscure Sound: Best of February 2009
After I watched the commencement of spring training and witnessed the mid-point of my “spring” semester, springtime weather appeared imminent. D.C. did not really reinforce that sentiment by giving us a few inches o...
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Junior Boys – Begone Dull Care (2009)
Even if the term sounds overly cliché, “late night music” may in fact be the best – and most common -classification for Junior Boys. One may begin to wonder how a style that reflects a specific period of time could overwhelm ac...
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Dan Auerbach Keeps It Hid
Seeing a successful solo project originate from a duo is not all that surprising. When a group revolves around the vision and talents of only two individuals, each one has a tendency of growing accustomed to manufacturing an in...
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Populous and Short Stories
Longtime fans of punk music would likely consider it an unwarranted insult if one related the duration of a song to the peak of the listener’s attention span. From legendary groups like Wire to the aptly named Minutemen, some o...
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Needers & Givers for Brothers and Others
Most of those who grow up with a brother or sister within the same age range regard sibling rivalries as just another aspect of growing up, an aspect that brings back enjoyable nostalgia and eventually ends up teaching life les...
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Now That Sera Cahoone Is All Grown Up…
Sera Cahoone’s beginnings came as a drummer, picking up the instrument in junior high school and eventually playing in a variety of bands when her skill gradually increased. One of those bands was a blues act who played in that...
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Comfortable Fujifabric for a Teenager
Though such a statement may ring of dramatized pessimism, it is near impossible for a Japanese band to find a substantial following in the west. Unless you count the bilingual listeners who specialize exclusively in the languag...
