Month: April 2009

By: Sheena Lyonnais
April 29, 2009
 
The first thing that caught my eye about Beekeeper’s Society’s First Year Film School EP was the heart they put into their packaging.  Four tracks found themselves blanketed in light cardboard printed in a newsprint fashion, a bio set up like a newspaper article with four individual copies of Polaroids printed with the lyrics.  The bio describes how this EP came together like the processing of black room photography and it strikes me just how much this band cares about the craft of their music.

By: Sheena Lyonnais
April 29, 2009
 
Beth in Battle Mode has become a mandatory part of my Friday night pre-drink playlists, and they’ve really upped the ante (pre-drink count) with their sophomore release, Hot Science.  While they maintain consistency with the catchy indie electropop dance music they’ve become synonymous with, they’ve spiced Hot Science up with the explosive addition of heavier synths, darker choruses and a level of energy normally reserved for their live shows.

By: TJ Liebgott
April 20, 2009

Urban Preacher’s self-titled EP is filled with mid-tempo country/roots/blues songs about lost love and broken dreams and promises.  While listening to this album you can almost picture the band playing an old nightclub in the Mississippi Delta, where stale cigarette smoke and the scent of whiskey fills the air.

By: Mike Greene
April 09, 2009

Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker has come back full force to kick ass in 2009 with their much anticipated full-length follow up to 2008’s teaser EP Welding the C:/. The 12-track Questamation is exactly 60 minutes of the most original music to ever hit your ear buds.