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Music Review: Desire Lines

(07/01/13 10:23pm)

It is safe to say that the impetus for my extensive journey beyond mainstream pop was Camera Obscura’s 2006 album, Let’s Get Out of This Country. It drew me away from formulaic, overplayed top-40 hits and towards the more instrumentally diverse and lyrically thoughtful independent music scene. From lead singer Tracyanne Campbell’s simultaneously seductive and simple voice to each song’s love-themed melodies, I instantly fell for the band’s music. After listening to Camera Obscura, there was no returning to the instrumentally basic, emotionally void 2000s pop. And so began my journey off the beaten airwave. Now, seven years later, Desire Lines feels like coming home.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2013/07/music-review-desire-lines

Fleetwood Mac still dazzles a younger crowd

(07/01/13 8:58pm)

On Saturday, June 22nd, something tremendous happened to me. Days later, it still feels like a dream when I recall watching Fleetwood Mac, live, surrounded by the still waters of Zach’s Bay at Jones Beach, N.Y. I saw one of the greatest bands of all time (yes, Kanye, of all time) and crossed a major entry off my bucket list at the mere age of 21. Music of the past resonates with me deeply, in a way that many teenagers and twenty-somethings miss out on by ignoring the great artists of decades past. As one of my friends said during the pre-concert tailgate as “Don’t Stop” played over our iPod speakers, “Do you remember ever not knowing this song?”

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2013/07/fleetwood-mac-still-dazzles-younger-crowd

Pet-Tich-Eye celebrates hometown music, collaborative creativity

(03/21/13 9:08am)

Home of prolific record labels such as Merge Records, dozens of small music venues and many nationally-touring bands, the Triangle’s abundant music scene is hard to fully comprehend. There are rarely moments when dozens of the Triangle’s musicians come together under one roof. And there has yet to be an album that showcases the diverse talent that calls the area home.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2013/03/pet-tich-eye-celebrates-hometown-music-collaborative-creativity

Music Review: The Cave Singers

(03/07/13 10:04am)

On their newest album, The Cave Singers take a major step away from their tried and true sound that has brought them such success. Formerly signed to Matador Records, the home label of indie giants like Yo La Tengo and Belle and Sebastian, The Cave Singers rode the crest of the Seattle alternative wave that has steadily rolled across the music scene over the past decade. Their first three albums garnered comparisons to artists like Fleet Foxes, and their sound fit easily into the folk rock genre even as The Cave Singers moved from Matador to JagJaguwar. But, six years after The Cave Singers’ debut, the world is nearly saturated with supposedly independent folk rock groups. Maybe pushed away by the glut of similar-sounding bands, The Cave Singers’ fourth album employs a variety of shifts away from their usual aesthetic.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2013/03/music-review-cave-singers