Posts Tagged ‘Twin Shadow’
Playlists
Obscure Sound: Best of July 2012
I apologize for being late, again, with this. Look on the bright side: we’re only two weeks away from the August compilation. The two combined should feature about 40 bands or so in a span of 15 days. But let’s focu...
Reviews
Twin Shadow – Confess (2012)
Following graciously in the steps of a phenomenal debut, Confess continues George Lewis, Jr.'s emergence as a talented songwriter and performer with a penchant for dark, ‘80s-inspired pop and post-punk.
Playlists
Obscure Sound: Best of August 2011
Autumn nears and so do my qualms about winter. Needless to say, it always seems like the best music and film arrives during the last one-third of the year. Award considerations aside, one gets the hunch artists want to end the ...
Reviews
CANT – Dreams Come True (2011)
Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor debuts his new solo project, CANT, with the full-length Dreams Come True. Featuring frequent collaborator and post-punk revivalist Twin Shadow (George Lewis Jr.), it is a more electronic-oriented and...
Reviews
NewVillager – New Villager (2011)
During their live performances, the highly exuberant NewVillager produce visuals as colorful and memorable as their tightly infectious songs. They're just as successful in the studio. Their full-length debut is a fantastic and ...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
The New Division
Few artists can top the sheer moodiness of ’80s groups that teetered on the edge of post-punk and newly concocted electronic-pop. New Order and Depeche Mode are generally the most cited in this regard, and they are often ...
Features
Nicolas Makelberge
This site aims to emphasize newer releases, many of which have not been released yet. Several times though, I feel an artist is so criminally under-exposed and relevant to today’s scene that a feature just begs to come out. One...
Features
The Soft Moon
Earlier this fall we were treated to Twin Shadow, the solo project of Brooklyn-based George Lewis, Jr. His adoration for post-punk was no secret, with a post-punk arsenal of rhythmic reverb that beautifully complemented Lewis’ ...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Warpaint for The Fool
I have no complaints about post-punk fetishism. If an artist justifies their attempts to replicate the dark, grumbling moodiness of bands like The Chameleons UK or Joy Division, then listeners are generally treated to polished ...
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