Because the Detroit duo composed of Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott – better known as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (no, that’s not a typo) – are clad in brightly colored NASCAR racing suits and strapped-in to cardboard race cars, its music would presumably be loud, fast, and silly. But to the delight of music tastemakers, [...]
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INTERVIEW: Spiro Agnew – “OH What Model Citizens We Be”
LISTEN TO: Spiro Agnew – Desert of the Real Sonically, San Francisco-based Spiro Agnew is somewhere in-between the fuzzed-out guitar noise rock of The Jesus and Mary Chain and the synth-pop of New Order, a hybrid between reverb-heavy music and electronica. Over the course of 2010, songwriter Alex Musto recorded its debut album “OH What [...]
INTERVIEW: Bear In Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth (Hometapes)
Brooklyn-based trio, Bear In Heaven unfolds the sonic fabric of genres with their cinematic danceable, drone music in their sophomore LP, Beast Rest Fourth Mouth. As if in a parallel universe, Bear In Heaven defies gravity by masterfully manipulating prog rock, psychedelica, and Kautrack while somehow maintaining a pop sensibility. They have been compared to [...]
PROFILE: The Dodos – Time To Die (Frenchkiss Records)
The Dodos are a freak-folk trio from San Francisco that are notorious not only for their breakthrough Animal Collective-inspired song, “Fools” from Visiter, featured in a Miller Chill ad but also for their innovative approach to their music. Gigging solo throughout the Bay Area, frontman Meric Long (vocals/guitar) self-released, Dodo Bird EP, in 2005. Long [...]
INTERVIEW: Geographer – Animal Shapes EP (Tricycle Records)
With “Kites” from their newest release Animal Shapes EP featured in a Twitter ad, the Baroque-rock-meets-synth-pop-with folky-vocals sound of Geographer has won over music-loving hearts everywhere. SOTR spoke with frontman Mike Deni about Geographer’s sonic journey from naming the band to their current goings-on. SOTR: Why did you choose the name “Geographer?” MIKE: When I [...]
