Ghostbird Review (Comments Off)
7/22/09 •
While it relies on electronic looping for accentuation, Ghostbird’s debut album is a worthy listen. The first track, “Toy Soldier,” is not the most attention-grabbing, but the second song, “Night Kills Day,” is more what an opener ought to be. The instrumentation here — and overall — is well-composed, blending light synths with rhythm guitar [...]
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They Carry Guns (Comments Off)
7/15/09 •
It’s a beautiful day in Pacific Beach as Nate approaches the bronze pelican statue on the boardwalk. He’s slight and blond, spectacled and clad in jeans and an army-green T- shirt. He squints. The sun’s so bright overhead that he is prompted to spray a fine mist of sunblock over his fair skin to stave [...]
“mikelewismusic,” Most Downloaded June (Comments Off)
7/15/09 •
Mike Lewis’s “mikelewismusic” was the most downloaded MP3 from SDReader.com during the month of June. Below is an interview with the musician. You’ve got an interesting, wistful sound at work on this track. What instruments and effects are you using? The equipment was simple: a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitar, a Shure SM-57 mike, and a [...]
Sara Petite Review (Comments Off)
7/15/09 •
Sara Petite, at first listen, sounds not unlike a (very) country version of Metric’s Emily Haines, but the similarities stop there; where Haines’s voice possesses an ethereal quality, Petite’s has the confident folk twang of a childhood performer. Against a banjo backdrop, her album is 12 tracks of “Americana,” a fancy word for, it would [...]
Siccarus Review (Comments Off)
7/01/09 •
Despite a silly album cover — skulls and crossbones, text surrounded by flames — Sicarus isn’t as schlocky a metal band as one might think. Contrary to what their art conveys, the three tracks on this disc at first mix bits of trance and pop with the double- bass drums and distorted guitars commonly associated [...]
