Author Archive for Drewl

BotB - Drewl’s Top 10 Bitchin’ Albums

Poor Seamus. I think he’s been reading too much Pitchfork. I actually thought 2006 was a great year for music. I got to listen to some fantastic new bands and meanwhile some of my favorite groups put out excellent new albums that I actually bought! Also 2006 may have been the first year my top [...]

Lily Allen “Alright, Still”

If you’ve read this blog before you might remember that we at (((withoutsound))) enjoy ourselves some Lily Allen. Well, yesterday, Capitol Records finally released Lily Allen’s debut album stateside.
Read the previous post.
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Femme Generation

Music blogs can introduce you to a wealth of fantastic music, which is really one of the main reasons Seamus and I started (((withoutsound))). Prior to last February, I learned about new music from music blogs about 50% of the time. Since then that percentage has grown to about 75%. However, as you have probably [...]

Soft Complex

In the last couple of years some great bands have sprouted up seemingly from a love for the jangly guitars, driving beats, and clever songwriting of classic English indie rock from the 80s. Canada spawned the Dears, England sired Bloc Party, and now the US has given juicy birth to Soft Complex. Soft Complex currently [...]

Franz Foodinand (I know: it’s bad)

I‘ve liked Franz Ferdinand since I first heard Darts of Pleasure a couple of years ago, but after this weekend, they’ve settled into an even cozier section of my heart. I was listening to the syndicated radio show the Splendid Table on my local NPR station. This is one of my favorite reasons for owning [...]




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