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Stylistic references

2008-10-30 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
...stylistic references. I was struggling to explain the nota cambiata in species counterpoint, and describing what was done at the time and what wasnt. They just take my word for it as hardly any of them know Renaissance polyphony. Then an analogy popped into my mind In metal music, it is stylistically not appropriate to stop a flow of power...
 
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Best Albums of 2007: #40 to #31

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2007-12-18 12:05:27 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...stylistic effect. In most cases, when such a method is attempted, there is a thin line between substantial success and ultimate failure. In their self-titled debut album, rookie four-piece Mono in VCF have managed to incorporate their modernistic influences fluidly with past musical approaches that recall Scott Walker, David Axelrod, and The...
 
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The Olympic Symphonium Plays More in Sorrow Than in Anger

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2008-11-21 11:27:59 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...stylistic solace, even if they are able to produce an eclectic number of genres flawlessly. For their own songwriting, they will never truly discover what style fits their own personal method best unless they are willing to try a variety of them. The Olympic Symphonium , a Canadian trio hailing from New Brunswick, tend to take this ideology...
 
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Neon Neon Flaunt Their Stainless Style

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2008-01-30 12:04:38 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...stylistic intentions toward arguably the only pop-oriented decade that he has somewhat neglected. Yeah, the 80s never seem to die Neon Neon is the collaborative project consisting of Rhys and Bryan Hollon, a Cincinnati-based producer and songwriter under the alias of Boom Bip who specializes in underground hip-hop. Like Rhys though, he does...
 
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Phoebe Killdeer & The Short Straws

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2008-03-28 12:01:46 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...stylistically analogous influences they discovered as a child. In Killdeers case, she was and still appears to be ahead of the pack Even before she became enamored with the individualistic audacities of Tom Waits, Killdeer also proved mature beyond her years when she expressed an interest in the choreography of dance. I was fascinated with...
 
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REVIEW: Paul Weller - 22 Dreams

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2008-06-13 10:21:33 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...stylistically diverse album of his 30+ year span as a songwriter. After all, anyone with even the slightest understanding of The Modfathers illustrious discography as both a solo artist and frontman of The Jam and The Style Council would already recognize him as being one of the most successfully eclectic songwriters to come out of England in...
 
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Alt-Ctrl-Sleep

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2008-08-29 17:41:19 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...stylistic scene they wish without promoting their personal status to a desperate means. So, with that in mind, it should not really matter at all; the only aspect I am looking for is quality, and it is by no coincidence that a plethora of groups with some sort of matrimonial connection are breaking out in a big way. If anything, the...
 
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Wearing Winter Gloves in Montreal

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2008-10-14 10:22:41 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...stylistic and cultural boundaries. From commonly identifiable contemporary acts like Arcade Fire and Wolf Parade to legendary artists like Leonard Cohen who your parents (and hopefully you as well) can identify with, the city has been producing worthwhile artists for decades. That being said, there is little to question in whether or not one...
 
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REVIEW: Love Is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night

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2008-10-27 10:47:30 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...stylistically flawless collection of songs that were ceaselessly engaging with plenty of attitude. Unless it is erroneously mimicking a previous genre with minimal creativity involved, though, it would be difficult to call an artists stylistic preference flawed because it still remains as the artists own personalized intent. With that in...
 
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The Harpeth Trace

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2008-11-07 11:25:52 by Mike Mineo in Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
...stylistic formula that is highly reminiscent of the past, they are one of the few acts that chooses to focus on songwriting to an equal or higher extent. Their interpretation of subdued 60s pop is undoubtedly one of the most accurately enjoyable versions I have heard in quite some time, and this is not even the main reason why I am so hooked....
 
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