Review: pacificUV – After the Dream You Are Awake (2013)
Review by Ryan Getz The more I do this the more of an affinity I seem to gain for dreamy, effervescent under the radar artists. The latest musical entity to fit this paradigm is Mazarine Records’ pacificUV, a quartet whom cryptically defines their genre as “electro / dream / post / space” on their Facebook...
TUNED UP Special: How Count Your Lucky Stars Records is shaking the indie label paradigm
Our contributor Ray Cobra weighs in on what Count Your Lucky Stars Records means to him and concludes with a few mini-reviews: Every once in a while a record label comes along that changes the scope of music. Right now that label is Count Your Lucky Stars. The tiny label is based in Michigan and...
Review: Wild Party – All Nighter EP (2013)
Review by Corey Leaman While looking up Wild Party I found they already have a strong following, and after listening to their EP All Nighter, I can understand why. The four-piece pop-rock group from San Antonio are rereleasing their tracks from their Phantom Pop collection after pulling them from iTunes in an attempt to keep...
Review: Wooden Indian Burial Ground at Rumba Cafe (Columbus)
Review by Jon McAlister Portland, Oregon’s Wooden Indian Burial Ground crushed Rumba Cafe last Friday, May 17th. Journeying throughon the Columbus leg of their extensive 3-month tour, WIBG is a fantastically fresh surf-jam band; with their wild noise manipulation and frantic stage presence to their hipster-toppling, mid-song speed increases, the 3 piece laid it down....
Review: Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (2013)
Review by Jeff Thompson In the world of electronic dance music, one is very likely to hear heavily synthesized keyboards, pounding four-to-the-floor beats and, in recent years, aggressive, “drops”. On Daft Punk’s new album “Random Access Memories” listeners will hear absolutely none of these. In fact, upon first listen, “Random Access Memories” seems to come...
Review: The Lost Revival – The Greatest Scam Ever Pulled (2013)
Review by Ryan Getz The Lost Revival is without a doubt one of the hidden gems of Columbus underground independent music. TLR plays shows not often enough to be considered a local tour de force, but have existed long enough to be somewhat of a local mainstay. Neither do they play seldom enough to be...
Review: Over the Ocean – Be Given to the Soil (2013)
Review by Ray Cobra Every so often I come across a band or album, that at first I really can’t get into. The first Deftones album was that way for me back in 1995, as well as Rush, the album Suburbia: I’ve Given You All and Now I’m Nothing by The Wonder Years and Hot...
Review: Fashion Week – Darker Things (2013)
By Ryan Getz Fashion Week, in one sentence, is meat and potatoes alternative rock with a touch of acoustic singer/songwriter thrown in. Blame frontman Jason Turner for that one caveat. The band has assembled a group of talented members and amassed an impressive resume in their short career as a band. In addition to drawing...
Review: EndAnd – Mechanics & Energetics of Stilt-Running
By Jon McAllister EndAnd has quite the eclectic style of noisey punk rock. After releasing their two EPs (Adventures in Lo-Fi/Hi-Fi) last summer, the Brooklyn-based trio has found that sweet spot to produce a noise punk album that just barely transcends the sludged out sound of stoner-metal as well as the instrumental intricacies of metal....
Review: Evan Andree – Flags Pt. III (2013)
Review by Ryan Getz Evan Andree may have completed one of the biggest turns for the better I’ve seen all year. Last year, he submitted his Invisible Sap EP to IATU for review. What followed from that was a solid, albeit not particularly great trio of pop songs. Andree must have taken this criticism to...
Review: Man or Astro-man? – Defcon 5..4..3..2..1 (2013)
Review by Jon McAllister It’s safe to assume that our Spaced-out Surf-Punk needs have been lacking the attention they once received from Man or Astro-man? over a decade ago. After releasing 10 fantastic full-length albums (not to mention nearly 30 7” singles/EPs) between 1993 and 2001 and touring relentlessly in between recording sessions, the band...
Review: Young Galaxy – Ultramarine (2013)
Review by Ryan Getz This Montreal based group has been subject to rave reviews across the globe since the release of Ultramarine, and for good reason. This dreamgaze meets electronica band (shoegaze influenced dream pop – think Silversun Pickups collaborating with Joy Electric and Neon Indian). For the jargon/musical underground illiterate – let me put...
