Big Orange Crayonmusical thingsVarious Artists (Going Stagg, Six Cents & Natalie, Busytoby, and Radio 4) "Sidewalk Chalk Adventure" 7" Kittridge Records Four nice indie pop songs. You know, if you like indie pop, you'll like these four songs and all that. That's the problem with the genre- I love it, but there's not really much one can say to distinguish between bands. I mean, with hardcore, emo, and all that, all of the bands generally have their own thing that you can gab on about in a review, but with indie pop, the goal is simplicity and happiness, which are both rather difficult to describe. I guess I could go all Taoist on you and be like "It is not what Wolfie does, it is what Wolfie does not do." (props ta Zak), but I don't think it gets to be all that helpful. So, ok, here goes. Going stagg's "Copycat" - I like this song, it is pretty, simple and sweet, with girl, harmonized vocals. There are no giant robot space gorillas. Six Cents & Natalie - "You could be the one" - I like this song, it's pretty, simple, and sweet. It has boy vocals that sound like they were recorded on a payphone. They don't use bagpipes at any point during the song. Busytoby - "lkat me" - yes, it's a different song than the one on Wolfie's Awful Mess Mystery. Kinda slowish at the beginning then more up-tempo at the end. It is not sung in Spanish. Radio 4 "guess it's over" - Reminds me a lot of Kincaid, maybe with a bit of Hello I'm a Truck. Which is completely useless information for most people. But there are no motorized sets of false teeth chattering about. I don't think that worked very well. Oh well. Total score: 211 out of 211 |