As soon as I was getting YouTube comments and hit 100 subscribers, I was thinking ‘maybe there’s something to this. I could keep going. I don’t know how far I can really push it just reviewing random indie bands on YouTube, but it seems to have more gas in the tank.’ Anthony Fantano Read Quote
If Death Grips isn’t the fourth horseman of a hip-hop apocalypse, its music at least tests the genre’s threshold of extremity: The trio’s abrasive, jittery style teeters on the edge of palatability, and plays toward a morbid curiosity to which many listeners won’t succumb. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
Memes just show that people are engaged about something. A meme is just a little inside joke for a group of people that care about a certain thing. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
Gang of Four doesn’t reinvent anything in ‘Never Pay for the Farm,’ but its members are having a blast with their second lease on life. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
Outside of Peruvian rap-rock, few genre tags raise eyebrows quite like the words ‘Nigerian disco.’ Anthony Fantano Read Quote
The Beach Boys set the bar for pop sunshine more than 40 years ago, and the genre hasn’t changed that much since. Surfer Blood’s ‘Floating Vibes’ rounds the usual bases with an upbeat attitude, and the string swells closing the track are a must, but the band manages to infuse all those old sounds with fresh energy. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
Music can provide a much-needed break from life’s harsh moments, but Eddy Current Suppression Ring has no interest in creating a sonic fire escape for the distraught. Instead, the band embraces the real world, wrapping its arms around the beautiful and the ugly alike. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
King Khan and the Shrines may look and sound bizarre, but don’t feel left out; it’s not an exclusive club. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
Sounding like a toned-down Sufjan Stevens – or an even more toned-down Arcade Fire – Seabear’s quiet execution gives its music a breezy quality. It’s a sonically lush whisper, sharing secrets with anyone curious enough to listen. Anthony Fantano Read Quote
