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Sigur Rós: Valtari (CD, EMI, May 2012)

Post author By dogrando
Post date Apr 7, 2013
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Sigur Rós are one of those instantly recognizable bands. They invented a kind of melodic drone-pop which nobody has really even tried to imitate (I suppose the closest I’ve heard would be Amiina, who sometimes sound like a kind of instrumental version ― and, as Sigur Rós’s backing band, that’s not too much of a surprise). And […]

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To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie: Marlone (CD, Kranky, September 2009)

Post author By dogrando
Post date Mar 30, 2010
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Intriguing and rather lovely. This record gives us sparse and heavily processed instrumentation which touches on a rather fuzzy, buzzy kind of laptop folk at times, and spirals off into drone at others. But it also gives us dreamy indie-pop vocals — and some pretty catchy tunes, too. If this sounds a bit like post-rock, […]

Tags genre_indie, label_kranky, year_2009