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BISHOP ALLEN - "Broken String"
2007-09-13 18:26:00 Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar - 2.007Banda de Brooklyn formada por Justin Rice, Christian Rudder y Jack Delamitraux y son otra de las incorporaciones al Primavera Club de este año. Tras editar un ep al mes durante el 2006, los neoyorquinos Bishop Allen acaban de editar "The Broken String", el trabajo que les va a catapultar definitivamente a la primera línea del indie pop yanqui. Con temas como "Rain" y "Click Click Click Click" lo tienen muy fácil. "Rain" "Click, Click, Click, Click"
MP3s of the Week: Bishop Allen - ?Castanets? and ?Rain?
2007-08-20 00:00:00 The best thing for me about this type of post is that I can discover new bands that I would never have run across otherwise. This week it's Bishop Allen a Brooklyn quartet that made some indie news by releasing an EP for each month of 2006. Their debut long ...
Bishop Allen: Bishop Allen & the Broken String
2007-07-26 01:42:00 Bishop Allen: Bishop Allen & the Broken StringBrooklyn, New York indie pop act Bishop Allen return with their second full length studio album. The Broken String is the bands first release on Dead Ocean, a sister label of Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian. Ten of the twelve tracks are re-workings of selections from the 12 EP project the band did in 2006, as well as two new tracks.Bishop Allen are actually a duo who employ several musicians to add their individual flare to their songs. The songs most prominent instrument is acoustic guitar and vocals. They employ drums, trumpet, banjo and even xylophone but most of these instruments are used so sparsely that they are not noticeable unless you read the liner notes.Song writing wise Bishop Allen reminds me a lot of neo-folk artists like Bright Eyes or Tegan and Sara. Sometimes it employs a coyness that reminds me of Built to Spill.The result is an album that can be a little bland and you feel is not living up to its full potential. ...
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Bishop Allen - The Broken String
1970-01-01 00:59:00 Natuurlijk gaat er achter de naam Bishop Allen helemaal geen bisschop schuil. Het is de naam van het Newyorkse indiepopbandje met Justin Rice en Christian Rudder als centrale spil. En stiekem is The Broken String gewoon een verkapte 'best of'... |
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