Saturday, March 31, 2012

Kiran Leonard- Bowler Hat Soup Album Review


  To start off this album was my first introduction to Kiran Leonard. I had heard the name but had never listened to the music until a few weeks ago while searching on bandcamp for new music I stumbled upon an album that had cover art that I just couldn't ignore. Then I started to listen and started to fall in love with Kiran Leonard's style. This album utilizes an indie rock sound that is just plain old fun to listen to. To start out with the pros of this album I would like to say I love the voice of Kiran Leonard, his voice fits the instrumentals he is given on every track. Another thing that I enjoyed on this album was the use of Kiran's influences in music. For example on the the tracks Port- AinĂ© he uses the same keyboard sounds that Daniel Johnston used on many of his more famous tracks. In fact when listening to Port- AinĂ© I had to quickly check my screen to make sure that I wasn't listening to Big Business Monkey. But moving on I like his use of these influences but also maybe he could try to maybe break away from such obvious influences. Going back to the rest of the album another thing I like Is the catchiness of this album. It seems that every now and then I find myself humming or singing he tracks. Overall I'm really liking this album, but haven't really found myself loving it. It is a catchy and fun album to listen to, but albums like that tend to fade away for me after awhile. 7.5/10

-Evan

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Daily Squeeze 3/29/12

Hi GUYZ O_O

Sorry for neglecting to do a D.Sq for a while. Now that school is back in session, I should be able to do one every day again. Today's is just an announcement of BadBadNotGood's BBNG2 which is supposed to release on Apr. 3rd! I'm STOKED. Here's a great rendition by the one and only BBNG of A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation.


- carl

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Jack White

K, I apologize for not posting in forever. But here I am. So I'm here to talk about Jack White. This guy is one of the few guys remaining who can save Rock n' Roll. Jack White has been in multiple bands. His most famous is the White Stripes, one of my personal most favorite bands. Jack White is coming out with a new album soon, Blunderbuss. New favorite word. It should be coming out in April. Now my fellow squeezer Evan has already posted the video to the single, Love Interruption, so I can't use that. So I will give you one of my favorite songs from his band The Dead Weather, the song, Treat Me Like Your Mother.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7QSkI6My1g

-River