Posted by: Niels Guénec on: May 27, 2008
Vampire Weekend, 2008
It is seen before and now it seems to be finding its way back into popular music. Afro beat has in the past few years been increasing its appearance. One of the pioneers that has adapted the afro beat is Vampire Weekend. The band was formed back in 2006 where the four fellows [...]
Posted by: Niels Guénec on: May 17, 2008
Some Racing, Some Stopping, 2008
The formation of Headligths took place in 2004. In 2006 they released their debut ‘Kill Them With Kidness’; “Indie pop with a shoegazey aftertaste” as they named it themselves. An album that will hit you right in your indie heart if you’re the lucky owner of one of those. After a [...]
Posted by: Niels Guénec on: May 16, 2008
Antidotes, 2008
Foals is gonna be the most important band in 2008. Mm, that’s right. The hype is now long gone and you know what? I found that very convenient. Now we can really concentrate on listening to the music. And this band is really making good music.
Foals is a band from Oxford, UK. The band [...]
Posted by: Niels Guénec on: May 13, 2008
Elephant Shell, 2008
Three years ago a guy called Dave Monks had discovered ‘Silent Alarm’ by Bloc Party and ‘Echoes’ by the Rapture and got inspired. Back then he really didn’t know what else to do than play music. This caused the beginning of a basement project with three other guys from his high school in [...]
Posted by: Niels Guénec on: May 9, 2008
Oracular Spectacular, 2008
‘Oracular Spectacular’: Velkommen ind i MGMT’s parallelunivers med zulu-folk og skæv, psykadelisk popmusik. På den europæiske udgivelse afbilledes forsanger Andrew VanWyngarden og keyboardspiller Ben Goldwasser på coveret, som hvad der bedst kan betegnes som new rave-surferzuluer, og i deres musikvideoer danser et lignende stammefolk med ildfakler rundt på stranden i solnedgang. Indimellem spiller [...]
Posted by: Niels Guénec on: May 2, 2008
‘Friend’ EP, 2008
I november sidste år udgav Grizzly Bear EP’en Friend, som blandt andet byder på genindspildning af egne numre. ‘Alligator’, der på debuten ‘Horn of Plenty’ varede et minut og tyve sekunder, er blevet et langt nummer med bombastisk instrumentering akkompagneret af storladen korsang istedet for den førhen enkle elektroniske opbygning. Desuden har [...]
