Chll Pll – Aggressively Humble

February 14th, 2010  |  by taylor fife  |  published in experimental, math-rock, noise  |  1 comment

If you’re a big fan of Hella or Wavves or any of Zach Hill’s other projects, you’ve probably had this album in hand for months. For all you that have been cranking this on your speakers all that time, feel free to skip this review, but if you haven’t listened to this CD you better hop on it right away. I was one of the less fortunate ones and only had this album recommended to me last week, but it’ll certainly be in my listening rotation for a long while. If you’re a fan of HEALTH or Battles I’m sure you’ll agree.

health – get color

October 11th, 2009  |  by taylor fife  |  published in experimental, noise  |  2 comments

the noise may be grating at times, but with every new release health is doing more with sound and music than most artists probably think is possible. and not only are they knocking down boundaries, but achieving a modicum of success while at it.

still life still – girls come too

August 25th, 2009  |  by jason grishkoff  |  published in dance, experimental, indie pop, indie rock, noise, shoegaze  |  2 comments

you ever turn on a song that you liked so much, you said, ‘jesus christ, this band rocks!’ before you’d even gotten 20 seconds into the song? a song so good that as the music washed over your body, you felt the waves go down your spine? still life still nails it.

japandroids – post nothing

July 15th, 2009  |  by camden andrews  |  published in garage, indie rock, noise  |  2 comments

this is far from a musical masterpiece. simple song-writing, cheesy lines, and fuzzed out sound. it’s essentially two guys cranking everything to eleven and rocking with reckless abandon. that’s kind of the genius behind this album though. it’s full of a pure cathartic angst coated in sweet pop innocence. this album is immediately catchy and infinitely fun, and it doesn’t require any sort of in-depth analysis. everything is right on the table.