The most striking thing about Fairmont‘s The Meadow at Dusk EP is the relative calm it espouses. While Fairmont has never been the speediest of the indie-rock set tempo-wise, they’re anything but calm when it comes to their lyrical content. “Kicking and screaming, doused with bits of resigned bitterness” is a more apt description...
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Archive for August, 2009
Fairmont picks up a girl and an acoustic guitar, making good use of both.
Matt & Kim Tear It Up
Monday night, I had the distinct pleasure of watching pop duo Matt & Kim perform at the University of Oklahoma. All I can say is this: I wish you all could have been there. It was one of the most enjoyable concerts I’ve been to in recent memory. I rather sheepishly admit to only...
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By this point, we’ve turned over a whole tree
Seasons come and seasons go, but I swear that seasons go by faster than usual at the IC. Right off our summer of posting (mostly) four times a week, we’re going into the school year by…slowing down. We’re going to be posting three times a week until further notice: Monday, Wednesday, Friday. If you’re...
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“Starlite” doesn’t shine so bright in places
At his best, the Canadian Nathaniel Sutton on his new album Starlite sounds catchy, but at his worst, the album feels unimaginative and repetitive. Unfortunately the misses are more frequent than the hits. Yet, the better songs from Starlite show how Sutton can grow and improve. Sutton’s sound is a bit like a spacey,...
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Pop solutions from Gregory Pepper and His Problems
A review of the latest album from Gregory Pepper and His Problems, an Ontario-based pop-rock musician by the name of Gregory Pepper.
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Of the Cathmawr Chills
I listen to a wide variety of music – really, almost anything but country (cue an involuntary shudder). I’ve got music for different moods and different activities. Of The Cathmawr Yards is the newest album from Horse’s Ha, an indie pop group with folk influence. Their sound is mellow, with a pace that is...
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Tom Brosseau will live well with Posthumous Success
Listening to Tom Brosseau‘s Posthumous Success was definitely something of a surprise for me. A singer-songwriter folk artist hailing from North Dakota, Brosseau has been releasing albums since 2002, this one being his eighth. What surprised me is how someone with such talent has flown under the radar for so long. Posthumous Success is...
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ACL Explains It All: Andrew Bird/Beastie Boys
“What?” you say. “Andrew Bird and the Beastie Boys have nothing in common! Bird makes charming, austere indie-pop ditties with literate lyrics, and the Beastie Boys created the misogynistic ‘Girls’ and are almost obsessively annoying! The only thing they have in common is their whiteness!” To this, I disagree. In fact, the fact that...
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Wiz Khalifa first time performance in the ATL
I finally got to check out the underground Atlanta rap scene, after a long period of seeing what I was missing when surfing the internet in my dorm in the culturally unfulfilling Conway, Arkansas. Atlanta is known mainly for its Dungeon Family Glory Days (Outkast, Goodie Mob, etc.; but they are getting back together!), ...
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A Love Like Pi’s Lief Liebmann says ‘take an extra five seconds’
A Love Like Pi’s recent debut full-length album, Atlas and the Oyster, combines catchiness and intellectualism in an electronic-rock package that utilizes elements of classical music. Frontman Lief Liebmann says the group’s name comes from this dichotomy and duality of their sound. “It’s basically an extended metaphor. Love and pi operate in different arenas...
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