Household Names: Stories, No Names Cristina Jimenez April 15, 2010 Albums Household Names from Austin, TX, sound like your everyday indie rock band with charming keyboards and timid vocals. With Casio drumbeats, they have a Postal Service feel, but they also sound like Gin Blossoms ...
New Model Army: Today Is A Good Day Cristina Jimenez April 6, 2010 Albums 1 I really hate seeing old punk bands with only one original member left and they end up being praised by 12-year-olds with bad hair and meatheads. No thanks Jerry Only, I would not like to buy crimson ghost inc...
Sweet Electra: Mexican Spaceship Pop Cristina Jimenez March 10, 2010 Goings-On With all these electronic bands out now, it’s hard to figure out who’s who with all of these contagious ProTooled melodies going around. NYC transplants Sweet Electra stand out from the symphony of dial tones ...
The Residents: Residents For Presidents Cristina Jimenez February 7, 2010 Goings-On 2 Who are The Residents? No one knows! With their white suits, eyeball heads, and top hats, The Residents are pretty much the Teletubbies gone awfully wrong. Dating back to 1969, the unidentified band membe...
David Bowie: A Reality Tour Cristina Jimenez February 4, 2010 Albums I’ve probably watched the movie Labyrinth around 1,000 times and it’s probably because of David Bowie and his tight spandex pants. Besides being famous for his gentleman-like persona and mysterious sex appeal,...
Nick Curran And The Lowlifes: Reform School Girl Cristina Jimenez February 2, 2010 Albums I have to stop judging bands by their album covers, but some bands are really asking for it. So when I saw a half naked tattooed pretty with a Nick Curran tattoo looking at Nick Curran poster on the cover of a...
Cold War Kids: The Piano Has Been Drinking Cristina Jimenez January 26, 2010 Goings-On There’s something awe-inspiring about an out of tune echoing piano, which is heard on most of Cold War Kids’ tracks. Mixing together an indie rock sound with hints of blues and soul, this California band set t...
Anthony Raneri: Back To Bayside Cristina Jimenez January 21, 2010 Goings-On Whenever a Bayside song begins, I always think it’s The Smoking Popes and it’s probably Anthony Raneri’s fault. The Bayside frontman/guitarist is doing a select number of solo acoustic shows where he’ll be per...
My Brightest Diamond: Reconstruction Cristina Jimenez January 20, 2010 Goings-On Lead singer Shara Worden of indie rock band My Brightest Diamond reminds me of that blue diva lady from The Fifth Element. Her voice is extremely powerful and sends shivers down spines, but she’s not playing o...
Harrington Saints: Dead Broke In The USA Cristina Jimenez January 20, 2010 Albums 1 There’s nothing wrong with singing about pints, bootstraps, and the ups and downs of the working class life. For Californian punk band The Harrington Saints, they take the punk rock formula of “drink, fight, a...
