#Sweden

EP REVIEWAlice Boman "EP II" (+ "Skisser")

I'm not sure how common this practice is, but when I was in elementary school, teachers had this trick where they would whisper at a rowdy classroom to get the kids to quiet down instead of trying to yell over the noise. It worked: kids got curious after ten or fifteen seconds, and wanted to hear...

Carena Liptak

VIDEO OF THE WEEK 12/2"Hidden Structures"

The Holograms' new video for "Hidden Structures," off the full-length September release Forever, shows a basic juxtaposition between silence and noise, listlessness and energy. The Swedish foursome loaf on the rooftop of a graffiti-branded shack, stand discontentedly in front of pastel high rises...

Carena Liptak

LIVE REVIEWGoat at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 4/23/13

If Scratch 'N' Sniff internet had already been invented, this would smell like weed. Post college, I lived in a house with a couple of record nerds. You know the type - usually dudes who have more vinyl than a human being could possibly listen to and just leave everything sealed so it will be worth...

Lindsey Rhoades