got to look up some of these bands .. .
i only know the body
Four Word CMJ Reviews: Saturday
By BEN SISARIOWoven Bones: Fun/evil feedback vortex.
Times New Viking: Faster, chantier, unison-er, better.
Braids: Patterns enthrall, tinkering offputs.
David Vandervelde: Leon-ine, hirsute space blooze.
Phantom Band: Perfect indie choogle + melodica(s).
Robert Lester Folsom: Belated debut; kinda “Margaritaville.”
Homeboy Sandman: “Ohhh, freestyle o’ mine.”
Atomic Tom: Equipped, competent; heard before.
Shilpa Ray: Sounded fearsome, looked weary.
Prince Rama: Postpunk tribalism; Ari echoes.
Martina Topley-Bird: Right rasp, soul, sex.
The Body: Cranial drill volume. Whaaat?
Oberhofer: Designated marathonners, surfin’ Blood.
No Joy: Haze — feedback or hair?
La Sera: Simplicity, but not grace.
Cloud Nothings: Basement melody liberated, bashingly.
Viva l’American Death Ray Music: Greasepaint roar, Fall scrape.
Lower Dens: Slow cloud, affectless cry.
Lia Ices: (Kate + Joanna) / (Arwen − Stevie)
I love it, particularly how imbricated (word alert Francisco) the 5 syllables BEN SIS-AR-I-O (now I wonder did why not *5* word reviews!)is -- reviews this short depend on the authority of a name (or do they? I may be wrong). Well, regarding Atomic Tom, Sisario must have taken some really PHENOMENAL subway rides!
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