The Basics: Xylos
So let’s be real. Looking at Xylos’ photo, they don’t exactly look like the typical band featured here on Adobe and Teardrops. Namely, because they look kind of…trendy. And their music is certainly not what you’ve been reading about either…
Next 2 The Tracks — Caballo De Lumbre
Few bands evoke a sense of place in the same way Next 2 The Tracks can. As I listen to their EP, Caballo De Lumbre, I can only think of the cloudless turquoise skies and sun-kissed highways of the band’s…
The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond
It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that The Hunger Games’ marketing machine is following hot on Twilight‘s heels. Like that most reprehensible of franchises, someone realized that bank could be made by asking legitimate indie artists to write songs…
The Basics: Two Cow Garage
For me, Two Cow Garage is one of those essential bands – the band that serves as a node to other, similar music. Over the past few years, Two Cow Garage has solidified their own, distinctive sound. However, their roots…
The Basics: Soutaisei Riron
Hey, nerds! I can see the links you’re clicking on and I know that none of you have donated to the Japan Society yet. So now I am just going to have to guilt you into it. I am also…