Whitley

By Sid | October 14, 2007 10:14 am |
Categories:
Electronic,Folk,Indie

Some of the recent discoveries.

Whitley

Whitley is a duo from Melbourne, Australia that plays a mix of alt-country and folkotronica. Their debut album “The Submarine” was released on September 15 and they are now playing a support tour.

The album is wonderful; I’d say it is the possible album of the year for me. A gentle mix of country, acoustic guitars, spiced wth electronica similar to Postal Service style. A minimal set of guitars and occasional banjo and fiddle produces awesome melodies and the whole work is somehow similar to the minimalists like Arvo Part. Sometimes a whole composition is divided between just two instruments.

The vocals are nice and the lyrics are wise and a bit depressive, but very honest. They give the album the final calm feeling and great melancholic mood.

A plate really worth of checking out.

The Ditty Bops

By Sid | October 10, 2007 12:00 pm |
Categories:
Folk,Indie,Jazz

Unbelievable couple.

The Ditty Bops

The Ditty Bops are two girls Amanda Barrett and Abby DeWald and the band is a mystery from the beginning. These two were on a search for a lost cat as they stumbled upon a backyard of a stranger who was a musician and a guitar collector. He encouraged them to form a band. Not even a band, an adventure that never ends. They sometimes add a little bit of theatre to their shows and the last tour was a cross country on bicycles!

The Ditty Bops

As for the music it’s even more interesting that the outfits and ideas. Ditty Bops are a mix of country, cabaret, saloon and a huge part of the so called western swing. The have extraordinary melodies, nice female vocals, a vide range of string instruments like banjo and mandolin. The lyrics are smart and interesting, a combination of simple words that makes a huge meaning. But still the main thing is the feeling, they have nice groove and have really something more than a casual swing or country band.

The Detroit Cobras

By Sid | October 5, 2007 2:40 pm |
Categories:
Indie,Rock

You know there are bands that deserve a big “Wow!” placed in the beginning of the review.

The Detroit Cobras deserve four for every one of their 4 albums. Their style is something like retro-rock or garage rock or 60th or 50th of 70th with a little bit of indie.

The Detroit Cobras

This is like Marty McFly from Back to Future 1 running into Quentin Tarantino’s soundtracks but fronted by awesome female singer. It’s rock and roll played in an old garage with all the twist from the 60th and in the last album even with spiced with jazz and soul.

The plates you need to find are called: Life, Love And Leaving (2001), Baby (2005) and the last album Tied & True (2007). The first two are more of a garage sound and can be perfect for a retro party and the last one is like a real pearl of the modern music. Fueled by some more professional sound it still possesses this groove that shook the world like 40 years ago. These dudes can be respected just for keeping this groove.

TE’

By Sid | September 27, 2007 12:09 pm |
Categories:
Indie

TE'

Yes it is a band name. They are from Japan and they play post-rock. Post-rock is some really atmospheric music with mostly positively-sad emotions. Just a thing you need to relax after a harsh day at the office… but not in that case.

These japs play incredibly positive post-rock and they are some kind of real underground. In my experience only bands like TE’ can bring up something fresh that in 3-5 year will be heard as a new pop-band. Sad but true but now back to the music.

The music is incredible, it is a mix of atmospheric guitars doing mostly major chords (they always keep you positively tuned) and a bit of standard but tricky drum-bass combo. Sometimes it reminds of jpop, sometimes of European post-rock, sometimes of space rock but mostly it sounds like an old 80th videogame soundtrack. The only thing that’s missing is an iPod to make TE’ the soundtrack of your life.

Murder by Death

By Sid | September 27, 2007 12:03 pm |
Categories:
Folk,Indie,Rock

Actually a bad name for a band. When I first heard it I thought it would be some stupid and mean metal but the first notes of their last and best work so far “In Bocca Al Lupo” really changed my opinion. So what is actually so special about these guys?

Murder by Death

Murder by Death combines two very important things. First the atmosphere and second the intelligence. The style can be described as indie-folk-rock. But really they mix together some of the finest indie-rock with folk stuff similar to east European folk and pirate ballads and also adding some parts of country and jazz. The cello makes these elements mix together as a spectacular brew. Everything is connected but every next song gives you a completely new experience of what is called music. One album can begin with some pirate ship atmosphere and end as a relaxing jazz evening.

Murder by Death

The earlier works are also interesting but still nothing can be compared to this album. As a single line I can describe them as: “Reinventing the music with a cello”.


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