Quit Mumbling

It’s clear who Beat Happening’s influences are (The VU), and why they became such a seminal band in the formation of indie rock. In the song “Indian Summer” you can rundown your “components’ of indie rock checklist” and it’s all there.  Over emotionalized, poetic lyrics sung as apathetically as possible? Check.  Repetitive, simple guitar riffs [...]

Hand a track over to Four Tet, the one man post-rock machine named Kieran Hebden, and magic will happen.  He’s already had a huge year with the release of There Is Love In You and has sprouted some other remixes along the way.  Now, he hits up Sao Paolo’s Babe, Terror and their track “Summertime [...]

Superhumanoids‘ stellar 6 track EP Urgency may no longer be enough to hold you over until the rising Los Angeles quartet finally drops their first full length, but if you’re looking in the right places, you’ve already found plenty of extras to make the wait easier.  As Quit Mumbling has noted before, they do a [...]

To me The Walkmen have always been sort of a sleeper band. You kind of forget they have been together since 2000 and since have put out 5 solid albums- each highlighting a different artistic element of the group. After seeing them live (and comparing them to the lackluster “buzzbands” at FYF) you come away [...]

I have Mexican friends who will tell you Cumbia is equally a Mexican as much as a Columbian art form: this Argentinian fellow shows up both countries. His album elaborates on a Cumbia journey across the digital spectrum, infusing the South American/Latin style with some post-modern, 2010 IDM flavourings. The last track on the album [...]

It’s not often that you come across a radically experimental hip hop artist. Recently, a few albums have tried new things (Hell Hath No Fury, Sir Lucious Leftfoot), but nothing comes close to Lil B’s Rain In England. For the whole album, the Berkeley rapper rhymes over pure ambient backing tracks rather than beats. I [...]

The electronic music scene has gone through quite a transformation since Underworld’s debute in the late 80′s.  While the scene has changed, and acts have blown up and disappeared- Underworld remains as sharp as ever on their track “Moon In Water”.  Starting with trance like spoken word, and crescendoing into an undeniable synth melody, the [...]

The UK’s Gold Panda just stopped by Los Angeles opening up for Autolux at the El Rey.  If you were lucky enough to catch him, you would have been treated to a sneak peak of his upcoming debut album Lucky Shiner, a superb collection of sublime instrumentals.  “You” begins the album with a completely chopped [...]

Almost every song on the radio talks about sex, and yes there are songs that can be described as sexual, but very few songs can capture true lust like “Hey.”  The opening guitar lick is so sensual, it seems almost dirty.  The vocals are so filled with desire, that it almost comes across as begging.  [...]