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...heavy, guitar-led “Dip the Tip” was bolstered by an elaborate drum solo from PK-1. “Carol of the Bells” cleverly worked the Christmas folk melody into a modern hip-hop framework...
...Sernin basilica. Then there's the hectic, everything-goes market sprawling around the Place St. Aubin - fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry, fish and shellfish, cheese, bread and pastries, herbs and spices, jellies and jams. If you need shampoo, a crate of oysters, a new mattress or an African drum, this is where to find it. Then, since this is Toulouse, it's time for lunch...
...song concept album of meditations on death. Central Microphone Phil Elvrum sculpts an appropriately chaotic mélange with his frail, wavering voice, delicate guitar acoustics and haunting background vocals provided by labelmates Mirah and Calvin Johnson. Most prominent, however, are the constantly booming percussion and out-of-sync drum loops, which evoke (respectively) Mount Eerie and the narrator’s phobias surrounding...
...Abrasive feedback makes the transition into “Solar System,” only to morph into the welcome sounds of a running river and melodic, lightly strummed guitar. The album’s climax hits with the title track, where layers of dramatic vocals mix with jarring drum loops in an almost sacred blend that recalls Radiohead’s Kid A. Like that unconventional and somewhat unsettling album, Mount Eerie constantly defies expectations. —Christopher A. Kukstis
Indeed, S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. is pretty good. Along with Phyllis, their trusty drum machine, the Sacramento-turned-NYC based quartet breeds unique and complex instrumental rock that might be described as post-rock given the remix treatment by disco-nouveau duo Metro Area. Though indie heads inevitably hail Out Hud’s music for being “danceable,” the band is neither as danceable or as explosive as their parent group !!! (pronounced chik-chik-chik...