Label: Sparks Music Released: August 12, 2008 In a world that is so often style over substance, it’s easy to get caught up in something clever only to find that there’s no substance under the covers. Having been bit more than a few times, it’s also easy to go to the other extreme and forget there are artists out there… Read more »
(photo courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollface)Moving Mountains is currently touring to support their fantastic Pneuma album. JUN 21 – Yorktown Heights, NY @ First Presbyterian Church,JUN 25 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft (Chance Theater)JUN 29 – New York, NY @ The Mercury LoungeJUL 11 – Croton-On-Hudson, NY @ The Black CowJUL 18 – Bellows Falls, VT @ Kyle’s HouseJUL 19 –… Read more »
Label: Parks and Records Released: Spring/Summer 2008 About six or seven years ago, I bought a 7″ on whim. It was only a few bucks and on colored vinyl, so I couldn’t go wrong. Still nothing prepared me for what I was about to hear. That 7″ was Rum Diary’s Mileage EP and the title song so rejuvenated my interest… Read more »
July 200819 – Columbus, OH @ Milo20 – Newport, KY @ Northside Tavern – w/ Tune Yard22 – St Louis, MO @ Off Broadway – w/ Tune Yard23 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews – w/ Tune Yard24 – Denver, CO @ Hi Dive – w/ Tune Yard25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court – w/ Tune… Read more »
Kent, Ohio’s ANNABEL self-released their fantastic debut EP, NOW THAT WE’RE ALIVE, earlier this year. They play an infectious blend of indie pop with post punk dynamics. Echoes of The Get Up Kids, Superchunk and The Anniversary are present on the band’s debut EP, Now That We’re Alive. But, Annabel take the best from a number of different genres and… Read more »
Here’s a cool video from Thao’s very cool We Brave Bee Stings and All album.
Label: Deep Elm Records Released: May 13, 2008 Pneuma is an album that works more in noise than structure. Ambient layers and ambling indie rock rhythms are grounded by a more common vocal approach that alternates between whining and screeching and screaming. There is nothing pretentious about Moving Mountains’ deconstruction of rock though. It is experimental, but not simply for… Read more »
Label: Lujo Records Released: May 13, 2008 The liner notes of Everything Is Alive sent me into a wonderful daydream. As the opening drum loop circled through my ears, I read the line, “We experienced the hospitality of strangers letting us spend the night on their couches or their floors.” I was immediately taken to a pleasant picture of the… Read more »
Label: Atlantic Released: May 13, 2008 You and I are about to engage in the most intimate act that a critic and a reader can share: the record review. But before the door closes behind us and I lift my shirt to reveal four stars tattooed on my chest, you need to know a secret that will color every word… Read more »
Every indie label has its niche, but Parks & Records also has a mission. They’ve combined a commitment to great music with the broader purpose of making the world a better (and greener) place. Having just made their first release, the self-titled Carcrashlander album, earlier this year, Parks & Records is now poised for the release of the debut of… Read more »