The Temper Trap is one of those bands that refreshes you. Their sounds, words, production – everything just fits together neatly and fills your ears and fills you up. They have the ability to make you feel weightless and still grounded at the same time. Their writing isn’t profound, but it’s relevant and poetic but [...]
I really enjoy both versions of this track for different reasons. The Tempers Traps original version has the vibrant rock/indie up tempo vibe where you hear it and you just want to jump around where ever you are. The way the drum and bass kick in right away with the high energy harmonies being a [...]
I’ve gotten a few email and seen a couple of comments from people asking why we didn’t do a best of 2010 list. Steph finally sent me an answer to that question in the form of a mixtape because we no speak best of 2010 list, we speak music over here. We’re getting a lot of [...]
Someone commented on the original version of The Temper Trap‘s Sweet Disposition post yesterday and this morning I woke up and iTunes started playing the RAC version so it was meant to be. I can’t believe I posted that back in January, is it really November?! This whole 2011 thing is really about to happen [...]
A lot of exciting things are happening this month, Hear No Evil continues to lock in clients, EMPT did over 2 Terabytes of traffic last month which is flat out ridiculous for this underground baby, and moves are being made on a daily to keep things in motion – We get’s busy ya’ll. On top [...]
Cut Copy, Oh mercy, Clue to Kalo and the list goes on. The Aussie’s have been pumping out great artist and bands like America Samoa produces NFL players – a lot. I was thinking of the best way to explain this songs meaning and the only that came to mind was a line from Hypnotize [...]
With high expectations, rebel citizens of the millennial generation leave the tired and corporate ruled world of radio to begin a new life in music blogs… Raid the radio! Cause we’re tired of hearing the same old song. We’re gonna change the dial to something new. Bring some truth to this town.” – General Electriks [...]
I haven’t posted anything in the New Year for two reasons, one I haven’t found a song worthy of your time and more importantly the 1st of the month is reserved for Steph Lund’s hit mixtape Le Miel du Mois and that’s how I wanted to set it off. Unfortunately the New Year means an [...]
Les grandes personnes ne comprennent jamais rien toutes seules, et c’est fatiguant, pour les enfants, de toujours leur donner des explications. — Le Petit Prince
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