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Ezra Koenig and Vampire Weekend return with single Harmony Hall

Vampire Weekend channel Madchester at its most carefree on return single Harmony Hall

January 28, 2019April 23, 2019Edward 1

Critic favorites, Vampire Weekend, have returned following an extended hiatus. But, while the indie darlings deliver a pleasant sound on their return, depth [...]

Menacing 80s synth pop aplenty on Fat White Family’s new single, Feet

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019admin 2

Indie provocateurs Fat White Family return with a diminished line-up, a new single, Feet, that echoes chilling 80’s darkwave and the threatening sound that characterized their [...]

bring me the horizon - new single medicine

Bring Me the Horizon fish for mainstream compliment with “medicine”

January 8, 2019January 10, 2019admin Comment

Bring Me the Horizon attempt to extract all of the band sound’s commercial appeal on new single medicine. But are fans of the one time metalcore group [...]

Black Pistol Fire’s Level sways in and out of garage rock and southern boogie

January 7, 2019admin 1

Garage rock duo, Black Pistol Fire, have released the single Level, a song whose sound swings hard amid fuzzy guitars and vocal phrasing. But it’s the song’s melodic appeal that may earn the band a hit, finally. [...]

Review: BRMC – Haunt

October 24, 2017April 20, 2020Edward Comment

The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club return with the dreamy “Haunt”, a preview of their new album “Wrong Creatures” [...]

How Losing my religion got R.E.M. to sell 30 million records | Alt77 - Musicians that declined political endorsements (part 2)

[…] although this is merely speculation, the lyrics to R.E.M.‘s Losing my religion, detail the band’s own slow rise. Formed…

How Losing my religion got R.E.M. to sell 30 million records | Alt77 - R.E.M.’s misheard lyrics

[…] R.E.M. had built their reputation on an exuberant, yet poetic sound, complemented by Michael Stipe’s cryptic lyrics, fittingly, the…

Wrong place, right time: At the Drive-In | Alt77 - Wrong place, right time: Fat White Family

[…] the series, we remember the time that television was kind enough to bring At the Drive-In to the world.…

Wrong place, right time: Fat White Family | Alt77 - Wrong place, right time: At the Drive-In

[…] was David Letterman‘s last season of late night. So, he must have thought to himself he might as well…

How Loser made Beck into an overnight alternative rock spokesperson | Alt77 - Beck at his most popcentric on new album Hyperspace

[…] Beck’s following albums, as varied as his early work, were met favorably by critics and seemed to expand his…