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Noah Lennox is more commonly known to the world as Panda Bear, a founding member of New York avant folk / noise / whatever you want to call it musical experimentalists Animal Collective. DiS recently sat down with Lennox in 93 Feet East’s slightly chilly courtyard before his recent London gig to discuss music, fatherhood and his love of George Michael’s last album...»
While The Enemy Chorus may not launch itself into the night sky and explode like the great big sonic firework it wants be, there are enough bangs on display here to warrant taking it out for the occasional stroll. Even if it’s bound to easily tire and will probably demand a rest at more than one bench along the way...»
Some Loud Thunder is a partial success. When it shines, it shines brightly and showcases a skill at crafting - when CYHSY have the balls to carry their ideas through - insanely catchy left-of-centre quirk pop a la Talking Heads. But when the failures strike, they’re unable to even muster hatred or disappointment; instead merely serving as fodder for muted indifference...»
Love them or hate them, and you’re likely going to be in one camp or the other, if there was ever a band who warranted having ‘Made in America’ stamped across their backsides for export purposes, it would have to be The Hold Steady...»
Of Montreal’s latest LP, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?, is the sound of a man using his song writing skills for personal survival. In 2004, Of Montreal mainstay, Kevin Barnes, relocated from Athens, Georgia with his wife and child to Norway; where, upon arrival, he dealt with a severe case of culture shock and depression...»
It’s a nice effort, but that’s the problem with Peddler In Babylon: it’s nice, and nothing more...»
The only thing that matters is that over twenty years later Josef K's music continues to connect; and honestly, what else do you need...»
What could have possibly been an album of the year is, sadly, nothing more then a footnote in the discography of three gifted individuals...»
