Two-man band Audiovox celebrated the release of its debut EP with a concert at the Riot Room last Friday night. Band members Brad Chancellor and Martin Bush set up on stage side by side. Chancellor drums; Bush sings, strums guitar and plays the laptop computer.Sarah Okun
Both musicians have backgrounds in much heavier bands, which has made the Audiovox indie-pop experiment all the more fascinating to observe. At times, the duo sounds a lot like the Postal Service, from the programming to Bush's
Back and forth across MySpace and Facebook this week has been this "is this the worst thing ever?" series of links and vids between Eric Melin of Scene-Stealers and Aaron Weber of Transbuddha. I present to you the three worst offenders. You judge as to which is the most horrible thing ever created.
Is it Brokencyde's auto-tuned crunk-core anthem "Freaxxx"?
Or do we go one step further with the screamo-meets-electronica of Confide, and their frighteningly awful Postal Service cover?
There's
The most frustrating band to Google ever plays at the Record Bar tonight. Hailing from Tucson, they're called ...music video? and if the Record Bar's website hadn't had their website, I'd have no fucking clue what they sounded like.
Joe OdeaThey're a post-rock kind of indie electronic act, not dissimilar to the Postal Service or Her Space Holiday's earlier stuff. The band operates in a territory more akin to soundscape acts like Explosions In the Sky than someone like Moby, to be more pr
Earlier this month, Seattle independent radio station KEXP presented their list of the best cover songs ever.
The top ten were, as follows:
10. Nirvana, "The Man Who Sold the World" (David Bowie)
9. Gary Jules, "Mad World" (Tears for Fears)
8. Cowboy Junkies, "Sweet Jane" (Lou Reed)
7. Devo, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Rolling Stones)
6. Iron & Wine, "Such Great Heights" (Postal Service)
5. Dinosaur Jr, "Just Like Heaven" (The Cure)
4. Cloud Cult, "Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan)
3.
