It is amazing what a simple change of scenery can do for some people. Many prefer the city, others find comfort in the suburbs,
One Jens Lekman lyric that remains so humorously memorable to me was a line on “The Cold Swedish Winter” which remarked that many people
It is hardly a coincidence that so many successful indie-group groups feature a few guys and a Japanese gal, with the latter usually providing
The difference between music awards in North America and Europe often astounds me. Sure, a “Grammy Award” is universally synonymous with quality on each
When The Mars Volta emerged in 2002 with De-Loused in the Comatorium, one of the most uniquely exciting debuts of the past several years,
Though such a statement may ring of dramatized pessimism, it is near impossible for a Japanese band to find a substantial following in the
———————————————————————————————– 10. B.C. Camplight – Blink of a Nihilist Musicians who have struggled with past mental illness are often tagged with a very undeserving
———————————————————————————————– 20. The Field – From Here We Go Sublime With the excess of charming indie-pop generating from his native Sweden, Axel Willner likely
Oh, here we are again. I hope you were looking forward to this as much as I was. 2007 was a great year in
Ah, free albums. They are a pure thing of beauty. To listen to the material in its entirety you are not even forced to