I, for one, happen to like the recent saturation of synth in the once downtrodden genre of bedroom pop. I mean, it’s still pretty awesome music to play when I’m finally laying down for the night, but it somehow makes things seem all dark and mysterious now. That is – until my dog Angus hops … Read more
Photo Credits: The Independent Weekly Well folks, the inaugural Hopscotch Music Festival is now firmly five days behind us, and it’s honestly taken me this long to decompress, catch up on “real work,” and recover from the sleep deprivation. Thinking back, everything seems a bit blurry – which could be the product of countless pints … Read more
Oh lawd, this new Active Child has the beat of Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” but, per usual, has the vocals of an angel! It’s doing weird things to me ya’ll — my body doesn’t know whether to gyrate inappropriately or stand still and mind my manners! I’ma opt on the side of gyrate and pray … Read more
Our favorite angelic-voiced, harp-wielding musical genius, Active Child, is currently hard at work on his sophomore LP — but in the meantime we’ve been given this haunting new track entitled “Evening Ceremony.” It appears on the soundtrack for the new Stephanie Meyer inspired movie The Host, which also includes the likes of Ellie Goulding and … Read more
Active Child’s new single “Playing House” has been receiving a lot of love online since it dropped last Tuesday, but we just want to remind all you readers that we were giving choirboy-turned-indie-pop musician Pat Grossi props since we checked him out at last year’s Hopscotch Music Festival. On that particular night, he and his … Read more
Our favorite album of the year: Bon Iver’s Bon Iver 50 Panda Bear – Tomboy (Paw Tracks) [buy the album] 49 Nicole Atkins – Mondo Amore (Razor & Tie) [buy the album] 48 GIVERS – In Light (Glassnote) [buy the album] 47 Admiral Fallow – Boots Met My Face (Lo-Five) [buy the album] 46 The Civil Wars – … Read more
Well, friends, the end is no longer near. It’s here. The end of our Best Songs of 2011 countdown, that is. The real end comes next December, as we all know. Perhaps it’s no surprise that Bon Iver landed the number one spot with the track, “Holocene.” But, amazingly, the song and the record itself … Read more