Posts Tagged ‘Sympathetic Vibrations’
Sympathetic Vibrations | Nice To Meet You
What were you doing when you were 16 years old? If you were like me, you were insecure, acne-ridden, and mostly consumed with keeping teachers and parents off your back long enough to make it to the weekend. You had no idea what you wanted to do with your life and you planned on kicking…
Read MoreSympathetic Vibrations | A Well-Oiled Machine
The music business has stood on rather volatile ground for the past two decades. Piracy — and a momentous shift in the way people consume music — shook the foundations of what had become something of a predictable business model. The major labels are still reeling from the blows, largely spending the last 15 years…
Read MoreSympathetic Vibrations | Album Review
Chvrches’ “Every Open Eye” Sophomore efforts from commercially successful indie bands tend to be bountiful fodder for music critics. Faced with typically unexpected success, young bands writing follow-up albums often cripple themselves with an all-to-common identity crisis: Keep with the formula that got us on the radio and will please the fan base that we…
Read MoreSympathetic Vibrations
I’ve been tasked by this venerable publication with writing about music every other week. And I will be using my precious few pixels here to keep you in the know about local and regional music, including reviews of shows, introductions to up-and-coming bands, and some interviews with the artists who are breathing new, much-needed life…
Read More