Los Angeles trio Gliss certainly isn’t the first band to revel in fuzzed-out noise-pop, but few groups strike as perfect a balance between melody and menace. The band’s debut, “Devotion Implosion” (Cordless Recordings), is dark and glowering, with clanking, chain-like drums and guitar tones that call to mind a bandsaw ravaging a metal garbage can. [...]
April 17, 2009 at 11:45 am | Share |
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There aren’t many like Richard Swift. The singer and songwriter again shows just how rare a breed he is on his latest, a captivating collection of pop songs on par with the best of Harry Nilsson: They’re knowing, intimate and deeply thoughtful. “The Atlantic Ocean” (Secretly Canadian) builds on Swift’s penchant for jaunty piano vamps [...]
April 8, 2009 at 7:30 am | Share |
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