Sunglasses from Savannah, Georgia will be an exciting contribution to the music scene this year. Interestingly, this collaboration between Samuel Cooper and Brady Keehn started through a film production. Their sound is fresh and a good example of “out of this world” music, but is incredibly difficult to describe. The crossovers and style are not something I have heard much before but are something to appreciate as music should keep expanding and explore new areas.
When doing research for my main assignment in music history January 2009, I noticed that there weren’t really any thorough articles on indie music online. My local library held no books on the subject, and not even the best music encyclopaedias had articles or notes concerning it. I realised that this was due to the novelty that indie really is. Indie as we know it today started about the same time as the new millennium. Actually, it would be fair to call the 2000s the decade of indie, both musically and stylistically.
The lack of previous literature landed me more work but it also provided me with freedom when writing about indie. I could group bands into genres and name them as I pleased. Readers may well disagree with my theories, but I personally think they make sense.
While everything else, including girls, have come and gone, Yo La Tengo has stayed. Since I started listening to them in the end of eighth grade, Yo La Tengo has always been there for me. They have always been my reliable source of good music, never ever disappointing me. I can with proud heart say that I’ve never heard a Yo La Tengo-song I really dislike.
Despite the lack of snow (at least here in Oslo), christmas is undoubtedly on it’s way. Many have probably bought themselves chocolate-filled advent calendars already or found some other way to try shortening the time until that fat dude dressed in red is supposed to squeeze down your chimney.
What I’m thinking though, is that some of you might feel that popping a piece of chocolate in your mouth or something each day is insufficient and would rather have the content of your advent calendars stuffed in your ears. Don’t worry, my friend. We’ve got something nice for you.
Since it’s halloween, I thought to myself that we had to post something related to this day. And what better thing to do is there than putting up a questionable, far fetched spotify playlist with indie songs that kind of has a theme that can sort of remind you of halloween?
Jones Nielsen (or Jonas as his real name is) was a pleasant suprise amidst mediocre music at urørt. Apparently he was the first to secure himself a place in the urørt finale this year by seducing the jury with the song “TT”, which I’ve also shared here. He has also previously been featured at urørt with his band Kakkmaddafakka.
At the last day of October, I command every Beezewax fan to get down to Revolver to see Beezewax play an exclusive concert at their re-releaseparty for their first album, A Dozen Summits. For those not familiar with the band, I wrote an article about them not long ago.
After over ten years since it sold out, many still haven’t heard this fantastic record. The record is filled with hope, youthful indie spirit, great popsongs and much more. SellOut! Records decided to finally re-release the album so new young indie pop fans, like me (I was lucky enough to find it on the Internet though) can hear it.
Venice Is sinking is a five-piece from Athens, Georgia, playing a sort of mix between orchestral pop and americana. Imagine The Decemberists, but less sea shanty and Dent May singing. Then you mix in Yo La Tengo and some wierd special ingredient and that there will be quite similar to Venice Is Sinking.
Throughout your life there are certain albums and musicians that really strike you as different, special, otherworldly even. They mold and shape you and at the most extreme they might make you reconsider your whole way of life. The albums I’m featuring in this series of articles are the ones that did something like that to me, or at least the most prominent ones.
Being a non-religious person, these albums are probably the closest thing to a religion in my life. Some believe in God, some believe in Buddha, some even believe L. Ron Hubbard. I Believe in Magnus Moriarty™.
Klak Tik comes from the Faroe Islands, which is quite a unique place. For those who don’t know, it’s an island group located between Scotland and Iceland. Even to this day it’s still part of the kingdom of Denmark. People might be familiar with the folk artist Teitur who is also native to the islands.