…in which a band previously known for somewhat sleepy piano ballads discovers synth-pop with a vengeance.
I mean, I liked Keane before. They were as good as any Coldplay knockoff band could have possibly been, and that no-guitars angle was pretty inventive as far as those sort of angles go. But for their third album, 2008’s “Perfect Symmetry”, Tom Chaplin and his boys must have located a bunch of Duran Duran and Tears for Fears albums, […]
You know, I was all set to call Timbaland one of the most overrated producers of his era, if not all time. Then I looked over this list and realized that there are seven songs on it (including this one) produced by Mr. Mosley, significantly more than any other producer or production team. More than The Neptunes, more than Kanye West, more than Dr. Dre (who I don’t think is on this list at all). […]
Vampire Weekend’s debut album represented a rare thing in indie-world…an album living up to its’ hype. The four Columbia University alumni who made up the band had been rhapsodized so much in the blogosphere prior to the release of their self-titled debut that some folks hated it out of spite. Too bad for them, because I still think “Vampire Weekend”, track for track, is the most enjoyable album of 2008. “A-Punk” is one of it’s […]