The Bird and the Bee
If you met Inara George and Greg Kurstin of the Bird and the Bee on the playground, they would easily be the coolest kids on the block. Their music is Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Kasey
Nick Drake
With the number of singer-songwriters emerging on the music scene every day, I would be remiss to disregard the influence of artists such as Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Nick Drake Continue Reading →
Local Natives
Ah, youth! The spirited and optimistic kind, not the brooding and conflicted variety, is represented in exceptional form by Local Natives in their music as well as how long they Continue Reading →
Massive Attack
If you combine reverberating, hip-hop bass lines, down-tempo electronica, guest vocalists running the gamut of bird-like songstress to monotone rapper, melodies dripping with funk and soul, orchestral arrangements and the Continue Reading →
School of Seven Bells
For a trio without a rhythm section, the ability to create such expansive landscapes of sound is a triumph in itself. Yet when that sound starts pouring out of these Continue Reading →
Florence and the Machine
Combine fire-red hair, a powerhouse voice and a stage presence rivaling that of Stevie Nicks and you get the dynamic Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine. While Top 40 Continue Reading →
The Black Keys
One of the advantages to Indie is that it is so general and all-encompassing that there is a lot of diversity within the tag. This is none more evident than Continue Reading →
The Smiths
For a band that was only active between 1982 and 1987, The Smiths left a lasting impression on the world of Indie and Pop music alike despite only releasing 4 Continue Reading →
The National
This is a band with a distinctive voice at the helm, a killer drummer as an anchor and some finely constructed tunes that can navigate across the line that separates Continue Reading →
Jónsi
A distinctive falsetto voice seems like the opposite of the current trend in pop music. Throaty rockers and voices echoing from the Warped Tour seem to permeate Top 40 radio, Continue Reading →