I declare Grizzly Bear the winner of the psychedelic animal-related-band-named indie band of the year. Sorry Animal Collective, especially you, Panda Bear. I’m sure you’ll see plenty of critic love in the year-end lists, and I will always think of you on my frequent drives between Takoma Park and Ellicott City, as I pass Merriweather [...]
It’s Passion Pit! This year’s MGMT! Ok, that’s a really lazy comparison. But they are both pretty talented poppy-electro-indie-dance-y bands, and they both owe a lot to their their 80s forebears and their synthesizers. But there’s really no sense in analyzing this kind of music, because that totally misses the point. Just crank it up, and [...]
Two for Tuesday from my favorite (I think) new band of the year, The XX. They’ve gone ahead and brought something new to the scene by stripping songs down to their most basic pieces. Something else about this band that I find really interesting, and makes me like them more: both singers seem to have [...]
A month or so ago, I caught this clever piece of marketing while walking near Union Station (DC). Yes, those are Smart Cars dressed as airplanes. Each one had two “pilots” in it, too. They were advertising for Austrian Airlines. Good Job Austria!
There are a lot of bad things I could say about the Redskins right now. I’ll leave that to others to say, but let me just add that they are really making me rethink what it means to be a loyal fan. I’m not sure I can take it anymore. At what point can I [...]
