INTERNATIONAL MUSIC REVIEWS & NEWS
Editor’s Note: We try to refrain from first-person blog-style pieces on THE BOMBER JACKET. There are reasons behind this decision that we don’t need to explain now, but here is an immediate heads-up: This article is going to be a first-person, blog-style piece. Yeah! The New York University Journalism Handbook For Students (haha) defines a [...]
To dissect the 14 songs of The Sweater Set‘s new album Oh Visitor is an arduous task; the album has layers upon layers of detailed sound that peeks out and exposes itself with each new listen. The Washington, D.C. band cites a range of genre influences in this third studio album, from country, to folk, [...]
Last month we introduced readers to Urban Homes, a German dance outfit composed of four musicians from Cologne. One of the musicians, Benjamin Riedl, has another act that is garnering copious amounts of attention from Germany and abroad, called PTTRNS. Riedel must have been busy in the last year because as of April 12, both [...]
“When the TV’s gone, will you like me better?” Emerson Stevens and Candace Clement question nonchalantly at a fast pace, alongside pleasantly grinding guitar strums with a pinch of twang. “TV” is Side A of Bunny’s A Swine‘s new 7″ release, TR-06-AA, that the Northampton, Massachusetts band recorded, mixed, and produced with Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab [...]
Not too long back we spontaneously reviewed a concert in New York City when local musician Adam Schatz played with his band Landlady at Pianos. Prior to the show, there were no plans for coverage lined up, but because the gig was so outstanding, we wrote up a quick piece covering the night and Mr. [...]
It’s impressive when a band is able to significantly evolve within its genre over an extended period of time and keep an audience interested, but when the band traverses genres and still preserves its reputation, there’s real promise in the band’s musical potential. There are very few post-punk remnants left in Cologne’s Urban Homes‘ new [...]
Words To Break Your Heart by Boston’s Steph Barrak is an 11-song release that finds a different home in every person’s music collection, depending on the listener. One of the songs could be a mainstream radio hit and another could be a highlight on an independent musician’s release. The album’s general aesthetics are very open [...]
We did enough promotion for our one-year anniversary that we don’t have to talk about it any more now, but we would like to thank all of the bands (Cymbals Eat Guitars, Grooms, Pretty & Nice, Maquina Supervium) and DJ Kevin Fowler, say that Shea Stadium is the shit and that they’re great to work [...]
Nowadays when it seems more difficult than ever for bands to pursue a full-time career in music, people are left finding new ways to make ends meet aside from daytime guitar lessons, occasional tours, and local gigs. Philadelphia’s Jonathan Pfeffer has been a musician his entire life and has explored many new directions in the past year [...]
Since Britpop’s highs in the 90s, British bands haven’t had quite the same overwhelming effect on the world. So when there’s a bright and shining new talent hailing from the United Kingdom, it is hard to not get excited. But what happens when the talent is comprised of a handful of 18-year-old boys? It feels [...]
