Archive for December, 2011
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Cool Rainbows
Sicilian Sleep Juxtaposing a stout middle-aged man going for swim with shots panning over paintings of stately European mansions and fires amid snow, Cool Rainbows’ video for their first single sure makes an impression. A gentle, shuffling beat and warm atmospheric sounds make an idyllic bed for Djeisan Suskov’s gentle voice to coast along. From […]
No Comments » - Posted in Auckland,New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Total Slacker- new demo & news
Intimacy issues It’s only been three months since the release of their epic debut album Thrashin, but our pals Total Slacker have already given us an exclusive new demo. Finished only on Christmas eve, ‘You Gotta Touch Yourself’ is on the slower side, with swirling guitars and droning vocals churned up by a guitar rip. […]
No Comments » - Posted in Brooklyn,New York,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Delaney Davidson- new video
Ballad of a Southern Man Delaney Davidson is a name we’ve been hearing around for a while now but have only been properly acquainted with tonight. With a charming, low voice, stylish instrumentation and intriguing lyrics, Delaney Davidson’s alt folk/country songwriting credentials are well and truly realised. His oddly meandering crooning style is upfront and […]
No Comments » - Posted in Christchurch,New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Music Alliance Pact December 2011
Dance Macabre NEW ZEALAND: Einstein Music Journal The Eversons – I’m A Conservative Fronted by Mark Turner (ex-Little Pictures) and with Chris Young (Insurgents, No Aloha), Tim Shann and Blair Everson, The Eversons have a crisp, clear garage-rock vibe that strongly recalls Art Brut and American college rock with its undeniable catchiness and the immediate […]
No Comments » - Posted in Music Alliance Pact by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Best of 2011
EMJ Top 20 Readers voted and here’s the result… welcome to EMJ’s Top 20 Releases of 2011. 1 Bon Iver- Bon Iver Despite this being Justin Vernon’s second album as Bon Iver, as self-titled albums tend to suggest, it is a bit like a new beginning. Though it clearly retains his introspective, emotional style, it’s […]
