Manos de Topo and the Verge of Tears
The bipolar warbling vocals of Manos de Topo are somewhere between sounding like they are full of tears and like they fell out of the mouth of singer Son Miguel Ángel Blanca after he stubbed his toe....
View ArticleDave Raymond and Hidden Hospitals
Hidden Hospitals (ex-Damiera/Kiss Kiss), a four-piece “alternative progressive rock” band from Chicago is probably the worst way to describe this group. Sure, it gives you a basic idea of what to...
View Article228 Beers for Camden
Boston quartet Camden have made a purposeful start to 2012. In January, they released the two-song EP Getting Around, which was a peppy, pocket-sized sign of things to come. In March, the band made an...
View ArticleThe Strafing Run: Roustabout Time for Some Great Indie Rock
Well hello there! Nice to see you again. What have I been up to? Glad you asked, because I just got back from a great indie show here in State College and I want to share it with you. For a while now...
View ArticleThe Pinnacle of Hipster Bands, Holy Esque
The Scottish indie-rock band Holy Esque fulfills many of today’s hipster band clichés. The band has a trendy name and symbol, and the singer sounds like he’s searching for the latest cool way to sing....
View ArticleClose Encounters with T.E. Morris
When I first saw T.E. Morris live, I was at a venue called Beatpol in Dresden, Germany. I was expecting Her Name is Calla, his band, as the opening act, and when an unassuming man with only an acoustic...
View ArticleA Peek Inside Berlin’s Most Coveted Nightclub, Berghain
THE BOMBER JACKET sent one of its writers to Berlin’s Berghain nightclub to check out the venue and share his experience with readers. Alright, let’s talk about Berghain. If you live in Berlin, or have...
View ArticleCymbals Have a Merciless and Insatiable Blood-lust for Guitars
Brooklyn-born Cymbals Eat Guitars take their name from something Lou Reed once said about The Velvet Underground. Yet, it wasn’t an overly whimsical metaphor like “my band sounds like cymbals eating...
View ArticleNew Platform for Musicians: CASH Music
The music industry is changing and so is its distribution and structure of success. What used to be a corporate model run by wealthy labelheads is now broken down into a more complex and less...
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