Maximo Park: a little bit of XTC, a little bit of emo, a little bit of Westerberg. As indie revival bands go, I like these guys a lot more than Bloc Party.
Category / Music
Signs of Aging?
Either I’ve lost my edge (in the way immortalized by LCD Soundsystem) or I’ll just have to confess that the new Depeche Mode album, Playing the Angel, is actually quite good. (However, I suspect that all this is because I really like the flangy synth voice used for the “bing-bing-bing-burrrrrrr” on the single “Precious” and I’m dying to know what keyboard was used.)
[UPDATE: And speaking of music, Quiddity’s got the skinny on how to stream the new Annie album. Good stuff, Annie — if, like me, you like goofy Norwegian dance music.]
Sufjan Stevens: The Kieslowski of Indie Pop?
Bookish reports that singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens is now writing 50 songs for 50 states.
Because Hatred Needs Cute and Cuddly Teeny-Boppers
ABC News: “Known as ‘Prussian Blue’ — a nod to their German heritage and bright blue eyes — the girls from Bakersfield, Calif., have been performing songs about white nationalism before all-white crowds since they were nine….Last month, the girls were scheduled to perform at the local county fair in their hometown. But when some people in the community protested, Prussian Blue was removed from the line-up. But even before that, April had decided that Bakersfield was not “white” enough, so she sold her home, and hopes that she and the girls can find an all-white community in the Pacific Northwest.”
