Album Reviews
Album Review: Clara Moto – Polyamour
Before last week I had never heard of Clara Moto, but now I can’t stop listening to her. Born Clara Prettenhofer, she was born in Austria where she developed a love of music through playing the many instruments her family had before finding a passion for DJing. Her talent as a DJ took her to [...]
Album Review: Dr. Hollywood – Dr. Hollywood EP
If your sick of LMFAO, like most other people, there is a healthy alternative for you that comes via the city of angels and it might just be the perfect prescription for your dance rock blues. I am of course talking about LA duo Dr. Hollywood who have just released their debut, self titled EP. [...]
Album Review: Sweet Electra – When We Abandoned Earth
NYC transplants, via Mexico, Sweet Electra, have blasted out of this world and into the cosmos with their latest outing, When We Abandoned Earth. Made up of duo Nardiz Cooke on vocals and Giovanni Escalera on keyboards, guitars and programming, their indie electronica-twinged pop sound is whats doing it for me lately.
The title of the [...]
Album Review: The Seedy Seeds – Count the Days
If you hear a banjo laced over electroclash beats, do not be alarmed. You are not in a parallel universe were the banjo surpassed the guitar, you are in the musical world of Cincinnati’s The Seedy Seeds. While the rest of the world is fusing indie rock with electornic music, The Seedy Seeds decided to [...]
Album Review: Hot Chip – One Life Stand
What to say about the new Hot Chip album… well, its no The Warning, and i cant say it’s a Made in the Dark, what i can say is that the trend has been going down for Hot Chip, and their latest work, One Life Stand, I feel proves that even further. Don’t get me [...]
Album Review: Infight – The Discoland EP
A lot of times, I get emails from artists saying that their sound falls into the genre of electro-punk/rock, but often times that is the furthest thing from the truth, probably just a marketing ploy, or rather, they don’t know what they are talking about. So when I got this EP from Infight called The [...]
Album Review: FM Belfast – How To Make Friends
FM Belfast are set to release their debut album, How to Make Friends, on January 22nd. We heard the first single from the the album, Par Avion, back in October and we were excited to see what else they could do. Well, after listening to the album, all I have are mixed feelings about it.
Their [...]
Album Review: Psychonauts – Songs for Creatures
Quick history lesson…Psychonauts, a name you have probably not heard of before, but a duo that helped shaped this new disco revival we are seeing, have re-released/re-mastered their album Songs for Creatures. Composed of UK producers Pablo Clement (currently 1/2 of UNKLE) and Paul Mogg, (currently 1/2 of Boy of Girl), they released the album [...]
Album Review: Comfort Fit – Polyshufflez Remixes
German Hip Hop/Electronica/Experimental producer Comfort Fit released his latest album Polyshufflez a little while back. He has followed it up with a remix album that takes remixes from some up-and-coming producers around the world. On the 14 track LP you will find remixes Laurent Garnier, Boom Clap Bachelors, Atjazz, Domu, Opolopo, Robot Koch, Jacob Korn, [...]
Boom Boom Chik’s Top 10 Albums of 2009
so 2009 was an interesting year in the music world. In my opinion we witnessed a changing industry, one that will make great leaps and strides in the next decade. We saw the emergence of artists taking a more DIY approach with the available technologies at hand. We saw an increase in digital music sales, [...]
Album Review: Monogold – We Animals
There seems to be a trend coming out of Brooklyn these days in the indie rock scene. Take some ambient indie rock, add a little folk and spaced-out airy vocals and you most likely will have a hit. Prime examples include Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear and now we have struck gold with Monogold.
Monogold, a [...]
Album Review: Throwing Seven – Hope Forgets to Breathe
It’s always great to reconnect with stuff that you like, or things that may have been forgotten in this ever changing world we live in today. I had one of those moments today when I put on the first track from LA band, Throwing Seven. Upon listening to it I was brought back to my [...]
Album Review: @Julianshah- Un Ange Passe
Julian Shah-Tayler is a solo artist who writes, produces and performs all his own music. He has produced and/or played guitar, bass and keyboards and sung in bands with Siobhan Fahey, Courtney Love, Joaquin Phoenix, Whitey, drinkme, Adamandevil, Bunny, Piel, Xerox, PFC and many more.
He is set to release his debut Solo EP, “Un Ange [...]
Album Review: @SpyForHire – Speak in Numbers
Based in the Atlanta/Columbus GA area, Spy For Hire is comprised of Ryan Rulon on vocals and guitar, Andy Rich on lead guitar, James Salter on bass and Jared Meharg on drums. Formed in 2004, the band has a bond that goes back to Ryan and Andy’s high school days. The band has gained a [...]
Album Review: @UltraChorus – Ultra-Def
Jeff! and Chris make up the duo known as UltraChorus. Hailing from the cold, cold city of Minneapolis, they just released their first LP, Ultra-Def. Having put their touch on remixes form the likes of Phoenix, Empire of the Sun, Presets, and more, Ultra-Def is 13 new tracks of original material.
UltraChorus makes electro-pop music, and [...]
Album Review: Yael Meyer – Heartbeat EP
Yael Meyer is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. Born in Chile, she started dancing and singing at a young age, and was later accepted to the Berkley School of Music in Boston where her passion took off.
In 2004 she release her debut EP, Common Ground () to great fanfare. She is now [...]
Album Review: Beardo – Beardo
Beardo, born Jeramy Gritter in Harlem, later moved to L.A. with big dreams. He Quickly linked up with Mickey Avalon and the crew of Dirt Nasty and Andre Legacy. His name comes from a drunk critic who said “no one cared about what Beardo had to say.”
Flash forward to today, Beardo recently wrapped up [...]
Album Review: Microfilm – Blips Don’t Lie
The Portland, OR electronic duo Microfilm have just released their 2nd EP of 2009, Blips Don’t Lie, or As Microfilm calls its it “A Triple A side.” Blips Don’t Lie is a six-track affair containing three original new songs, as well as three remixes and features the vocal and guitar talents of Scissor Sisters’ Del [...]
Album Review: Awesome New Republic – Hearts
Awesome New Republic is a 2-piece indie band from Miami, FL comprised of core members Michael John Hancock and Brian Robertson featuring touring/studio drummer Jorge Rubiera. Both graduated from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. They self-released their first album Awesome New Republic So Far in 2005.
After cultivating their sound for [...]
Album Review: NineLives the Cat – Are We Dead Yet?
Australian MC, vocalist and producer NineLives The Cat, whose part of Ninja Tune’s TheDeathSet has released his solo debut LP Are We Dead Yet? which has 12 eclectic tracks that have one common theme running through them, attitude.
After listening through the album for the first time, I can safely say that there is something for [...]
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