Here at Vodka, [dunkelbunt] has been our latest obsession since discovering the Mountain Jumper (March 2015) long-player late last year. You may recall the review for Egal featuring Alix on December 26. The long-player has been staying on Vodka’s playlist, popping to the top more often than not. There is something compelling and interesting about all of the nuances provided by traditional and electronic instruments. Here is yet another example of that blending from [dunkelbunt]’s Raindrops & Elephants LP (June 2009) in this live in the living room version of…
Read MoreStephanie Mabey graced the pages of Vodka for a brief moment back in October 2012, with her lyric video for The Zombie Song, for the long-player, Wake Up Dreaming. It’s been a long wait, but now, four years and change later, there is a very interesting EP available, I Still Taste Fire (September 2016), from which Heart-Shaped Hologram (seen/heard here) comes. Stephanie’s voice has always been pleasing and her tunes resonate with singable melodies and refrains. What sets her apart here from herself back in 2012 and from other pop…
Read MoreRemember Paul McCartney’s lyrics to Silly Love Songs? “You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs I look around me and I see it isn’t so Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs And what’s wrong with that I’d like to know” Place Meiko in that same camp, And she’s bound and determined to fill the world with as many silly love songs as possible. Enter Meiko’s latest release, Moving Day (June 2016), and that subject matter is found front and center in the lead-off track, I…
Read MorePavlove is a five-piece indie-pop band out of Ghent, Belgium that was formed in 2014 as a four-piece and played gigs around the Ghent area until recently heading to the studio. The EP, Because Of You (November 2016) is the culmination of a re-tuning of the band’s sound alongside producer Tobie Speleman. The result is a clean, retro-pop sound with a touch of melancholy and just enough of a modern vibe to make them accessible across many age groups and genres. The band is Reina Rasti and Fabian Rasti…
Read MoreJenn Wasner is probably best known as one-half of the whole that is Wye Oak, the band that she formed with co-conspirator Andy Stack. With a desire to explore the more atmospheric elements of music, Jenn formed Flock Of Dimes back in 2011, and If You See Me, Say Yes (September 2016) is the first long-player from the side project. Semaphore (seen/heard here) is from that LP. Flock Of Dimes musically plays with the limits of music within the constructs of alt-pop. Jenn Wasner’s voice is more prevalent here…
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