Tag Archives: Pop/Rock

Focusing on infectious, Brill Building-length indie pop tunes that mix the orchestral, aloof folk-pop proclivities of rings like the Concealed Cameras and Belle and Sebastian using the droll, electro-pop shimmer of the Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Areas, Gothic Archies, Future Bible Heroes, the 6ths) production, NY City-based collective the Ballet released …

Dad Divine, aka Joe Fererra, weaves dark scenery from an environment of music affects, from cabaret to klezmer, with the effect sounding not dissimilar to the task of Tom Waits. His poetic lyrics and nocturnal sensibilities are available on his record, THE FANTASTIC American Pastime, aswell as on many songs …

The Seaside Bullies were a short-lived Uk post-punk duo comprising Soft Males associate Wayne A. Smith and vocalist Jill Fricker. Their minimalist, lo-fi music, recorded entirely having a acoustic guitar and drum machine, had been alternately witty and wistful, managing sentiments of heartache and loneliness having a sharp love of …

While Jimmy Buffett undoubtedly details toes with superstars, it is not likely the Michael Jackson of Thriller popularity whose bass flops for the deck from the Margaritaville Cafe NIGHT TIME Menu collection from the first ’90s.

Alternative pop/rock music group Viciana was shaped in the past due ’90s by singer/songwriter Julio Viciana. The Spanish indie rock and roll foursome emerged in initial place after taking part in a popular competition, called Rock and roll Villa de Madrid in 1999. They afterwards toured Madrid’s membership circuit. In …

Norwegian hard rock-band Skambankt produced their album debut in 2004 and rose to TOP success a couple of years later. Area of the band’s recognition is due to the actual fact that frontman Terje Winterstø Røfactor is also an associate of Kaizers Orchestra, a chart-topping Norwegian alternate rock band where …

An award-winning guitarist and singer/songwriter, Jim Foster began saving in the ’70s having a pop/rock and roll group called Fosterchild. Authorized to the CBS Information label, the music group released several singles and three albums; a self-titled debut in 1977, Stressed Kid in 1978, and On the Prowl in 1980. …

Twiggy got its name through the ’60s model who released an recording of country tracks. Guitarist and songwriter Todd Fletcher, bassist Eddie Schaller, and drummer Patrick Hawley was raised in Champaign-Urbana’s bustling indie picture, began playing in rings like Nick Rudd’s Blown. Acquiring their cues from indie pop rings just …

Influenced with the noises of both her Middle Eastern root base and contemporary American pop music, husky-voiced singer/songwriter Tally Koren continues to be referred to as Israel’s response to Dido. Discovered with a skill scout at age 15, Koren was a normal fixture over the catwalks of NY before she …

Anticipating John Belushi’s Sunday Evening Live samurai by 15 years, the Hi-Fives’ “Fujikami the Warrior” (Hitt 003, released locally in Vancouver, B.C. in 1961) was a bizarre novelty melody filled up with the demented shrieks of an area radio personality-gone-nuttily Nipponese totally unlike other things the group ever performed just …