Results for Native Elements

  • Portishead

    by Lavinia Jones WrightApril 30, 2008Comments (1)

    "tin cups tapped on the bars of desolate jail cells" (read more)

  • White Hinterland

    by David MacFadden-ElliottMarch 12, 2008Comments (0)

    "Great tonal developments and chord work appears" (read more)

  • Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones

    by David SmayFebruary 13, 2008Comments (7)

    Tom assures us that “Town with No Cheer” is not a love song. Being naturally suspicious of such simple declarative sentences we’re obliged to refute this claim. This is a love song to Australia, its drinking culture, and especially its slang. (read more)

  • Los Campesinos!: Notes from International Tweexcore Underground

    by Howard WymanJanuary 16, 2008Comments (1)

    Los Campesinos is a three-piece folk band from Peru featuring two acoustic guitars and an accordion. They’ve got a couple grainy vids on YouTube that seem taped off Peruvian TV, featuring the band on a straw-covered farm among cows and trees. (read more)

  • Sigur Rós

    by Angela ZimmermanNovember 14, 2007Comments (0)

    "sprawling music is gorgeous, inventive, and mesmerizing" (read more)