This entire album is fun… almost too much fun. (It’s kind of an pop-electro-funk hybrid.) The sound is SUPER polished for a local act, and… I wouldn’t be surprised to see them get picked up by a major label sometime soon. The only thing I disliked is that the album ends with a ballad… such an upbeat, danceable (and again, fun) experience ending on a down note leaves a little bit of a sour taste in my mouth.
Archive for the Dance Category
7/27/09 – Modern Science
Posted in Dance, Electronic, Funk, Indie, Pop, Rock with tags modern science, music, review, self-titled on 07/27/2009 by Dewey7/25/09 – Ocean Eyes
Posted in Dance, Electronic, Pop with tags music, ocean eyes, owl city, review on 07/25/2009 by Dewey
I really dislike when albums are semi-decent… except for one glaring thing that ruins the whole experience for you. “Ocean Eyes” is actually a pretty interesting listen… it sounds like the bastard sound child of Hellogoodbye and The Postal Service. So what ruins it? There isn’t a single moment on the album where Adam Young’s voice isn’t pulled through auto-tune. *sigh* Kids and their technology these days.
2/11/09 – Incredibad
Posted in Comedy, Dance, Rap with tags incredibad, music, the lonely island on 02/11/2009 by Dewey
The Lonely Island rank right up there with The Whitest Kids U’ Know as one of my favorite comedy groups ever. That said, once you take the visual aspect away from the songs, they lose a lot of their punch and humor; you realize just how badly written they are. At times TLI really harness the sound of The Beastie Boys – at the end though, this album is just like most other bad rap albums: poorly written, but well-produced.
1/31/09 – Skeletal Lamping
Posted in Dance, Indie with tags music, of montreal, skeletal lamping on 01/31/2009 by Dewey
Of Montreal’s “Hissing Fauna…” was one of my favorite albums of the past few years. So how does “Skeletal Lamping” stack up? I’d describe it as much of the same – only crank the overt sexuality up to 11. Hell, break the knob so you can go to 12 – one higher. The only negative I can find is that the album doesn’t seem to flow as well as “Hissing Fauna…” – that’s a nitpick, though.
1/23/09 – Fantasy Black Channel
Posted in Dance, Electronic, Indie, Rock with tags fantasy black channel, late of the pier, music on 01/23/2009 by Dewey
I had a post written for this album already, but then I had time so I listened once more. After that, the original post didn’t seem right at all. I can’t think of a better way to describe this album than “electro-boogie cranked to 11″. A sound akin to The Bravery, only louder, bouncier, quirkier, and taking itself way less seriously. This album singlehandedly put me in a good mood. It’s that good.
1/20/09 – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
Posted in Dance, Electronic, Rock with tags does it offend you yeah?, music, you have no idea what you're getting yourself into on 01/20/2009 by Dewey
“Does It Offend You, Yeah?” is kind of a musical chameleon on this album, with two constants: lots of synth and dance beats. A couple of the tracks remind me of a dancier version of Death From Above 1979. “Dawn of the Dead” has that sound that The Killers would… um… kill for. This is the most rock’n'roll dance album released in 2008, I’d say.
1/19/09 – Donkey
Posted in Dance, Indie, Rock with tags cansei de ser sexy, CSS, donkey, music on 01/19/2009 by Dewey
Cansei de Ser Sexy’s sophomore effort isn’t a whole lot different from their first album… but I’m not a huge fan of the changes that have been made. There seem to be a lot more guitar/rock overtones on this album compared to the first, which (to me) seemed to be mostly straight-up dance pop. Honestly, I need to give it another listen or two, but my first impression on this one is “Meh.”
