RegnYouth ArchivesRegnYouth ArchivesThe RegnYouth Archives provides the reading audience with music related selections, reviews, and interviews, introducing new and upcoming artists and bring older, extraordinary artists back into the spotlight. 
Articles
Asobi Seksu - Hush
2009-03-01 23:51:00 Drawing back the viscid curtain that surrounded 2006’s Citrus, Asobi Seksu ’s Hush releases the band from its gooey shoegaze cocoon, a transformation that frees up their sound but also leaves it strangely bare. The result is an album with a broader range, more exploratory but less interesting and without the same sense of coherence, like ... More About: Pop , World , Rock
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
2009-03-01 21:11:00 Let’s face it, we haven’t exactly been living in a high-water period for hip-hop lyricism. And while there might be nothing intrinsically wrong with this situation, even as we marvel at the musical enormity of our T.I. and Game records, we not-so-secretly pine for the emergence of an emcee who can simultaneously exhibit wit, intelligence, ... More About: Food , Lupe Fiasco , Liquor , Lupe , Fiasco
Ry Cooder - The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed
2009-03-01 20:33:00 While Ry Cooder is primarily known for his haunting, bluesy scores for countless films, the artist was also a pretty accomplished adult contemporary pop artist in the ?70s before the movies claimed him as one of their own. And while we?ve previously had the Music By Ry Cooder soundtrack anthology back in the ?90s, the ... More About: Pop , Anthology
Ninety ?Must Listen? Singles To Start Off ?09
2009-03-01 05:59:00 Although we missed both December and January, much has not been missed in the previous two months, at least in the indie-rock spectrum. In fact, one will see that the ninty selections in this compilation are sliced with upcoming experimental tracks, a few previously released gems, electronica and even a Wolf Parade cover (brilliantly done ... More About: Start , Listen , Singles
The Best of 2008: Part 1of 3
2009-01-09 20:06:00 Although we have been missing since sometime back in November, the staff at Indieducky is ready to begin blogging once again — and where better to start then with one of those “best-of” lists for the past year? That being said a belated Happy New Year to all our readers and cheers for the best ... More About: Part , 2008
Catfish Haven - Devastator
2008-11-14 01:21:00 Somehow bands have managed to turn rock ?n? roll into a religious experience, pushing the energy of revivals and gospel choruses into the mould of the careless rebel with total disregard for the rules. Whereas in the beginning it was all devil?s music, people are now finding redemption in the emotional release. Then again, nobody ... More About: Catfish , Haven
The Sea and Cake - Car Alarm
2008-11-14 01:08:00 One of the pitfalls of crafting a sound that is so wonderfully distinct is that, unless you make a conscious effort to continually build upon that sound and strive for something even more inventive, you drift into the dark territory of self-parody. With their eighth full-length album, Car Alarm , The Sea and Cake must have ... More About: Pop , The Sea And Cake
Love - Forever Changes
2008-11-13 05:25:00 Everyone knows that Forever Changes is often labeled as a “psychedelic masterpiece” on the level of Blonde on Blonde and Astral Weeks — an album that draws critical superlatives like “indescribably essential” from critics and gets tip top ranking of most hip top-100-albums-of-all-time lists. So how come nobody but the English (where it reached #25 ... More About: Love
Castanets - City of Refuge
2008-11-13 04:55:00 Scrolling slowly across the radio dial 50 years ago in the desert southwest must have sounded something like the latest album from Castanets, complete with bursts of static and white noise. City of Refuge is an eerie, archaic record, and even the CD version sounds as though there’s years of thick dust packed into the ... More About: Indie , Sufjan Stevens
The Smiths - The Sound Of The Smiths
2008-11-13 04:28:00 A myriad of best-of compilations for an even larger myriad of long-dead bands is not exactly a new strain of marketing in the rock world. As such, the arrival of The Sound of the Smiths — the fourth posthumous release from a band with only four studio albums under its prestigious name — comes as ... More About: The Smiths , Morrissey
November?s Sixty-Six Singles
2008-11-12 22:05:00 Our third installment of monthly singles is for the month of November and serves an eclectic mix of tracks taken from October releases, upcoming winter albums, and recent promotional singles. Several choices have already been highlighted here, either as featured reviews or select singles, but the great majority are brand new tracks for your sampling ... More About: Singles , Sixty
The Long Blondes - Singles
2008-11-12 16:28:00 Oh, the horrible irony of that title now that we?ve learned that, so soon after their wonderfully experimental Couples, The Long Blondes are to split. Following guitarist Dorian Cox?s stroke earlier this year, they?ve decided that to try and continue with a stand-in during his extended convalescence ?wouldn?t be the same?. That cruel circumstance has ... More About: Singles , The Long Blondes
The Dears - Missles
2008-11-12 16:17:00 Even before you listen, Missiles seems like one of those albums that could signal a band’s finale. Most of the Montreal-based Dears departed during the recording, and when you finally get to the sprawling soundscapes that dominate the disc (most tracks clock in at more than 5 minutes), you get a clear sense of its ... More About: Indie
Razorlight - Slipway Fires
2008-11-12 00:17:00 Quite why Razorlight are so mercilessly ridiculed by all and sundry is a bit of a mystery. Sure, they’ve made some big-headed statements and seemed too big for their two-album-old boots, but have they sinned any more than a myriad of other artists, acts who, in fairness to Johnny and the lads, haven’t had anywhere ... More About: Rock , Fires
Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night
2008-11-10 05:01:00 After four years of singles and EPs, Brooklyn?s Crystal Stilts have finally braved the waters of a full-length and like all good things, it?s well been worth the wait. A minute on Google will provide you with all the comparisons and supposed influences your heart desires (Joy Division and the Jesus and Mary Chain being ... More About: Night
Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends
2008-11-10 04:09:00 Is Tom Fec cool or what? The brainchild of the fabulous Black Moth Super Rainbow releases his first solo album, and it?s a gas from start to finish. The music certainly dabbles in the dreamy psychedelic pop of Black Moth, but Fucked Up goes beyond in new directions, delivering some highly stylized, trippy lounge music, ... More About: Friends , Hip-hop , Tobacco
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Minor Cuts And Scrapes In The Bushes Ahead
2008-11-10 02:02:00 Having risen to fame with and walked away from At The Drive-In, Omar Rodriguez Lopez went on to create the experimental rock behemoth that is The Mars Volta with fellow ex-At The Drive-In band mate and best friend Cedric Bixler-Zavala. Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead is the latest in a series of ...
Southern Gothic, Dark Americana: An Exploration
2008-11-10 01:42:00 A mix of gothic inner-city Americana and sharp-tongued songwriting in a triumph of mood best describes this latest sub-genre of roots music, merging carefully crafted folk harmonies, country balladry, r&b, and gritty Southern rock. Raucous yet thoughtful, this forward-thinking Americana balances attitude, energy, and back porch songcraft at its finest. These are the most serious ... More About: Johnny Cash , Dark , Gothic , Exploration
High Places - High Places
2008-11-09 06:21:00 At this time last year, Brooklyn’s High Places were virtually unknown — an obscure duo with a handful of singles and compilations tracks to boast and show off their scruffy, scrappy lo-fi sample-pop sound. Just a few months later, the introduction of their compilation 03/07-09/07, a primer of sorts, made them an interesting new find, ... More About: Experimental
Juana Molina - Un Dia
2008-11-09 06:08:00 Un Día is Juana Molina ?s fifth album, in a career dedicated to following a most inspired and inspirational muse. It?s twelve years on from her debut, Rara and, if that album perhaps struggled at first to find an audience, then that audience has grown surely and strongly with the albums that have followed. But it?s ...
Squarepusher - Just A Souvenir
2008-11-09 05:59:00 With his twelfth album, Tom Jenkinson takes an even further departure from his staple Squarepusher sound of broken beats atop slapped bass and twisted triggers of the Amen Break. Warp?s own store, Warpmart, categorizes the album as ?Drum and Bass / Breakcore / Electronica?, but let us assure you, nothing could be further from the ...
Black Milk - Tronic
2008-11-09 05:52:00 Detroit has a long lineage when it comes to creating quality music whether you want to factor in hip-hop or not. But if you do throw hip-hop into the mix, then make sure producer/MC Curtis ?Black Milk ? Cross is at the top of your clipboard. The baby-faced production prodigy has done his part to keep ... More About: Hip-hop , Pete Rock
Bonnie ?Prince? Billy - I See A Darkness
2008-11-06 22:29:00 Will Oldham doesn’t make life easy for completists, critics, or archivists: He not only switches his instrumental accompaniment, his on-again/off-again supporting players, and even his overall tone from record to record, but he’s always changing the name of his damn band, whether it’s Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, Palace Music, Palace, Will Oldham, or Bonnie ‘Prince ’ ... More About: Billy , Darkness
Beach House, A Glasvegas Christmas, & The Notwist
2008-11-06 06:52:00 Beach House ?s otherworldly music is a sly pickpocket of reveries from that delicate time between when your head hits the pillow and you hazily submit to slumber. Although ?dream pop? sounds like would what happen if Rainbow Brite got the hankering to rock, it?s nevertheless become the elected label for the band?s muted sound. After ... More About: Christmas , Beach , Kaiser Chiefs , Bloc Party
Uzi & Ari - Headworms
2008-11-06 05:52:00 This Salt Lake City based band is a project spearheaded by Ben Shepard - no, not the GMTV presenter, this is a talented, unique multi-instrumentalist. Named after Ben Stiller’s kids in The Royal Tenenbaums, one would expect this to be another one of those twee indie-pop girl/guy groups. In reality, they are a determined five-piece ...
Ben Kweller - How Ya Lookin? Southbound Comein
2008-11-04 03:24:00 Ben Kweller has finally released some new music, with this tour EP. From his first days in Radish, it seems as if Ben has been trying hard to find his own voice. Sometimes it seems to depend on where he?s living, or who he?s hanging with at the time he?s recording. His last album definitely ... More About: Texas
The Present - World I See
2008-11-04 03:02:00 If you weren’t aware that New York producer/musician Rusty Santos had helmed discs from all manner of New Weird American outfits–White Magic, Born Ruffians, Panda Bear, and Animal Collective among them–World I See, the debut from his the Present project, might register as more of an avant-pop ape than it actually is. With bandmates/pals Jesse ...
Deerhunter - Microcastle
2008-11-03 23:39:00 You?re going to hear a lot of hyperbole when it comes to the new Deerhunter record. Believe it, as Microcastle is easily one of the year?s finest albums. On this smashing follow-up to 2007?s breakthrough Cryptograms, Brandon Cox?s Deerhunter has released a bold, imaginative and thoroughly entertaining pop album, one that should considerably expand the ...
Times New Viking - Stay Awake
2008-11-03 19:30:00 To the uninitiated, Times New Viking could perhaps be very easy to dismiss as lo-fi punks with nothing but noise. Thankfully Stay Awake continues the very pleasing trend of sticking a very large finger up at any doubters. Weighing in at roughly 11 minutes, this is a concentrated burst that is more than welcome. Simply put, ...
40 Spooky Singles For Halloween
More articles from this author:2008-10-29 14:46:00 One might think that when putting together a Halloween playlist based on genre, indie music would be difficult. Well, it really wasn?t. But being we cover much more than indie here, why not expand it a bit, as we figured combining Belle & Sebastian’s Sukie In The Graveyard with Otis Redding’s Trick Or Treat wouldn’t ... More About: Singles , Spooky 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
|
 |
|
 |
