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In the world of American indie-rock Columbus, Ohio isn't exactly on the radar of most people looking for up-and-coming bands.
There's no real literary reason I should like Nick Hornby. His novels are not challenging or eye-opening. They do not expose hidden truths, shake the foundations of readers' beliefs or take adventurous risks with the format of the novel.
Here Comes That Feeling, the Universal Pull of El Perro del MarThere is a place—somewhere far away from here—where life is always lived in elegant black and white, where loneliness is a part of love, where longing brings more fulfillment than having.
Sometimes to craft a great song it takes a big production budget, a huge sound, almost orchestral arrangements, and enough energy and volume to make a coma victim sit up and take notice. And sometimes all it takes is three soulful voices set to a bare guitar, banjo and mandolin.
When one hears that a band has eschewed a drummer in favor of a tapdancer to provide percussion for the band, it's natural to think that the band is just some gimmick that relies on novelty rather than quality to sell records and pack clubs.
After singer Milo Aukerman left the seminal California punk band, The Descendents, to pursue a graduate degree in biochemistry, the remaining members (Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton, and Karl Alvarez) decided to form a new band, with a different lead singer.
With a musical style spanning multiple genres and a history spanning two countries Canadian five peice, Stars, deliver soothing, delightfully sweet electronic indie-pop. Toronto natives Torquil Campbell and Chris Seligman started the group as a duo in New York City in 1999-2000.
With simple, toned down instrumentations complementing dynamic, evocative, endearing vocals Brooklyn singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson offers a heartfelt, personal style to a New York musical landscape packed with dance party aesthetics and a certain aloof, hipster chic.
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