The Underground Sound of Emerson College
While Galore was mostly a collection of nocturnal love songs, Choke Enough is made up of blinding declarations of feeling alive. “Is the endless still unbound?” Oklou asks on the opener. On Choke Enough, it is.
His sixth “surprise” song was one the crowd didn’t know, likely a recent release. It was clear that the nostalgia trip was over and we all wanted to go home.
I truly admire Greep for his ability to blend evocative storytelling with masterfully curated rhythms and beats. It’s what drew me to Paradise Rock Club this Friday night.
It could have easily been a snowy evening in the late ’90s when Souvlaki (1994) was just released and changed the game for shoegaze forever.
Let’s work it out on the re-re-re-re-remi-mi-xxxxxx! Tune into Staff Pix live Fridays from 5-6pm on wecb.live! “I like it (bass rmx)” by Bassvictim Bitten until the fierce track bleeds black in euphoric disbelief, Bassvictim’s remix of their own song “I Like It” is a bass-filled anthem that smacks and screams at its listeners, shaking…
Pop culture is anything but minimalist. It’s an inescapable flash-bang of everything. And who doesn’t get tired of a constant reminder?
Weaving romantic and platonic themes, Black Country, New Road masterfully combines the evocative lyricism of their first album with the collaborative composition of their last.
Contradictory in its nature—melancholic yet vibrant, intimate yet expansive.
Six ‘00s anthems and their origins and samples!