Added on July 22, 2015
Everett True
Brighton , Everett True , live review , Micachu and the Shapes
Hey. Hey. I enjoyed your show. You rocked, the way only ladies can rock. I’ve been waiting eight years to see you play live. No disappointments there. Yeah? Thanks man. Loved the fact you only played for around – what was it? – 35 minutes. No chance of boredom. Loved the grungy minimalism. You […]
Added on June 28, 2014
Lee Adcock
Cassette of the week , Ghostly , Jean Michel Jarre , Lee Adcock , Micachu and the Shapes , TOBACCO
Back in my diagnosis/review of Young Magic, I denounced synths (or, rather, the dull-witted folk that don’t abuse them) as instruments of cool, as anesthetics for the youth that reminisce about a decade they weren’t even born in. But behind that shimmery veneer of glass, every once in a while, someone sneaks up with a […]
Added on December 27, 2012
Brigette
2012 , Antlrd Antlrd , best of 2012 , Breakup Song , Brigette Adair Herron , Deerhoof , Ed Schrader's Music Beat , Gem , Holly Herndon , Micachu , Micachu and the Shapes , Movement , Never , Sean Lennon , Soft Moon , Sunshine , Talk Normal , The Lines , Therapy , U.S. Girls , Yoko Ono
The following list details the passionate musical warriors of 2012 — the glimmering hope of a less boring 2013.
Added on December 6, 2012
Mike Turner
Alabama Shakes , Animal Collective , Ariel Pink , Bats For Lashes , Beach Fossils , Beach House , best of 2012 , Captured Tracks , Clinic , Cold Pumas , Deerhoof , DIIV , Dirty Projectors , Dum Dum Girls , Grimes , Grizzly Bear , Jack White , Japandroids , La La Vasquez , Laetitia Sadier , mac demarco , Micachu and the Shapes , Mike Turner , Minutemen , Mumford & Sons , Naomi Punk , New Order , Of Montreal , Passion Pit , Pixies , Shins , Tame Impala , Tears For Fears , The Bastards of Fate , The School , Twin Shadow , Wild Nothing , Windowspeak , Yo La Tengo
Dum Dum Girls had a massive year — the Coke Zero of the indie world. You know, same taste as the original formula but not as filling.
Added on August 5, 2012
Scott Creney
Brian Eno , McDonalds , Micachu , Micachu and the Shapes , Missy Elliott , My Bloody Valentine , Public Enemy , Scott Creney , Sonic Youth , The Clash , Timbaland , Velvet Underground
This is what it feels like to be alive in 2012 — connected to everything and more isolated than ever.
Added on December 11, 2011
Everett True
Barbara Panther , best of 2011 , Colombina Parra , Crystal Stilts , Dick Diver , Dum Dum Girls , Everett True , Hive Dwellers , Karaocake , Kate Bush , Katie Stelmanis , Kimya Dawson , Maria and the Gay , Micachu and the Shapes , No Mas Bodas , PJ Harvey , Shellshag , Skinny Girl Diet , Sugar & Tiger , The Bastards of Fate , Tom Waits , Tunabunny
Not a note wasted, not a note pointlessly repeated.
Added on July 22, 2011
Everett True
Art Brut , Barbara Panther , best of 2011 , Crystal Stilts , Cults , Ema , Everett True , Gyratory System , Karaocake , Katie Stelmanis , Micachu and the Shapes , Music criticism , PJ Harvey , Pris , Shannon And The Clams , Skinny Girl Diet
Something to do with believing in the power of music
Added on July 19, 2011
Lucy
Braids , Brighton , Dirty Projectors , Kristin Hersh , live review , Lucy Cage , Merrill Garbus , Micachu and the Shapes , Music criticism , The Haunt , Thousands , tUnE-yArDs , Vampire Weekend
Perhaps Merrill Garbus is the anti-Zooey Deschanel? I fucking hope so.
Added on July 5, 2011
Everett True
C81 , criticism , Everett True , Micachu and the Shapes , Rough Trade , Song Of The Day , the London Sinfonietta
Just been reminded of this. Bangs alive! How could I have been so amiss. Read the review first, if you want. It’s great, plus it’s kind of there for that purpose. Then come back over here and we’ll have a little chat.
