Sonic Palette

DOWNLOAD: Wildbirds & Peacedrums - There is No Light (MP3) Improbable recipients of the……of the resulting album captures the intense bond between the couple, while expanding their sonic palette to include steel drum, piano, xylophone, marimba, Rhodes and more. "We tried to…

photos by Lori Baily, words by Andrew Frisicano Sonic Youth ended the second night of 2009's No Fun Fest with a seated set of distorted guitar……intro to "Wipe Out" as the three others on stage took to twisting SY's sonic palette into a No Fun appropriate adventure. After one…

DINOWALRUS merge prismatic noise, acid-soaked guitars, and propulsive grooves thrusting……instincts, retain the complex spatiality of their recorded experiments and transcend the limited sonic palette that plagues most three-piece bands, Dinowalrus reinvent their instrumentation…

The sixth full-length from Do Make Say Think defiantly features four long-form tracks, three of which clock in at over 10 minutes, and all of which trace the inimitable musical arcs that have made this band justly celebrated for their unique sonic palette and vibrant distillation of compositional…

There's a reason that Speech Debelle's debut album is called "Speech Therapy" and that's because……to make that clear. This is a record which sounds like no hip hop record has sounded before. Its sonic palette is informed by the intimacy of her thought and the fragility of her voice. She…

Signing to a major-label doesn't really change Guster's outlook for their third album, Lost & Gone Forever. However, the switch to the big leagues……jovial folk-pop, but he helps them focus and gives them a clear, vibrant sonic palette that makes Lost & Gone Forever sound inviting and…

The jet-setting DJ-producer Luciano is releasing a new album on his own Cadenza imprint this winter. Titled Tribute to the Sun, the record is an epic journey through the Swiss-Chilean's sonic palette, featuring Senegalese kora player Ali Boulo Santo, Tricky collaborator and vocalist Martina…

This squirrely San Francisco experimental outfit notably features one Cork Marcheschi, the electronic maestro from the pioneering San Fran……to get you past the unfortunate album title here. Kwisp's outlandish sonic palette is almost solely comprised of self built/invented…

Alias of Sam Jones (half of the indie duo Crescent), the Balky Mule takes its name from a Blind Lemon Jefferson song called “Balky……inestimable goal beyond the reach of his admittedly small audience. The sonic palette is rough but muted, never falling into the predictable…

DINOWALRUS merge prismatic noise, acid-soaked guitars, and propulsive grooves thrusting……instincts, retain the complex spatiality of their recorded experiments and transcend the limited sonic palette that plagues most three-piece bands, Dinowalrus reinvent their instrumentation…

Vera has postponed tonight's NPSH/Starfucker show due to weather/the impending winter storm. Here's what Eric Grandy wrote about the show in this……of fun. Starfucker simply are fun, and they seem effortlessly so. Their sonic palette suggests acts as diverse as Ratatat and MGMT, their…

Please give a fearful, uncomfortable but admiring and heartfelt round of applause, please, for……with Buddy Peace). But King Cannibal was born when Richards began experimenting with using the sonic palette of drum & bass over dancehall rhythms. The track he made was "Aragami Style". Not…

New signing to 4AD, Tune-Yards, releases her debut album Bird-Brains on November 16th. UK Tour……between blues, African tunes, shiny reggae-esque sprawls, and lo-fi folk”, infusing the worldly sonic palette of M.I.A. or post-punk pioneers The Raincoats. Available previously only from…

There's a reason that Speech Debelle's debut album is called "Speech Therapy" and that's because……to make that clear. This is a record which sounds like no hip hop record has sounded before. Its sonic palette is informed by the intimacy of her thought and the fragility of her voice. She…

These duets by The Skein - vocalist Jessica Constable and electro-multiinstrumentalist Andrea……that cannot be diluted, tamed or obscured by electronic coloration. Andrea Parkins brings her full sonic palette to this project: laptop, synthesizers, piano and electronically-processed…