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The Tripwire: On Wax Idols’ Pounding Punk Debut

If Wax Idols’ No Future seems bold and eclectic for a debut full-length that’s because it is. As young as she looks, Wax Idols frontwoman Heather Fedewa has a more extensive resume than most rock … read more »

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The Tripwire: On Quilt’s Coherent Psych-Twang

STORY BY: Adam Daniels

Boston-based band Quilt had their coming out party this week, releasing their debut self-titled album (via Mexican Summer) and playing a celebratory show at Brooklyn’s Glasslands. But you’d hardly know it by searching the internet. … read more »

POSTED November 14, 2011 6:40PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: mexican summer, Quilt, rock

The Tripwire: Youth Lagoon Breaks Out of the Bedroom

STORY BY: Adam Daniels

Bedroom pop-makers are not hard to come by in the high-speed internet age. Never has there been a more direct route to processing and broadcasting heartache from your machines to the world. Some of these … read more »

POSTED October 31, 2011 6:10PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: bedroom pop, The Year Of Hibernation, Trevor Powers, Youth Lagoon

The Tripwire: On Friends and the Grounded Love Song

STORY BY: Adam Daniels

Sometimes it takes a music festival with an international draw like CMJ to get around to seeing that band from down the block you’ve been meaning to catch. Thus was the case with Bushwick, Brooklyn-based … read more »

POSTED October 24, 2011 6:45PM IN THE TRIPWIRE Comments (2) TAGS: Brooklyn, Bushwick, CMJ, friends

The Tripwire: On the (Possible) End of an Era for Brooklyn’s Parts & Labor

STORY BY: Adam Daniels

Drummer Christopher Weingarten once summed up the unique mission that stellar Brooklyn noise-rock outfit Parts & Labor embarked upon for the past decade, saying, “Make the world a noisier place. Remind the noisy places what … read more »

POSTED October 17, 2011 5:10PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: Brooklyn, Christopher Weingarten, Constant Future, noise, Parts & Labor, rock

The Tripwire: On Belle and Sebastian’s Stevie Jackson’s Solo Debut

STORY BY: Adam Daniels

Belle and Sebastian is a band I perennially geek out about. They were prolific and excellent for an entire decade. But from 2006 through 2010, they disappeared. Bands are entitled to hiatuses. Then, along came … read more »

POSTED October 3, 2011 5:03PM IN THE TRIPWIRE Comments (1) TAGS: Belle and Sebastian, rock, Stevie Jackson

The Tripwire: On The War On Drugs’ Contained Sprawl

STORY BY: Adam Daniels

The War On Drugs played an NPR World Café session last week. Watching it, I was blown away by the band and the sound they’ve grown into. The session closes with “Arms Like Boulders,” possibly … read more »

POSTED September 26, 2011 4:30PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: kurt vile, NPR, Slave Ambient, The Arcade Fire, The War On Drugs, World Cafe

The Tripwire: On Cass McComb’s Formidable Year

STORY BY: Adam Daniels

Cass McCombs stated earlier this year that he doesn’t write albums. He simply writes songs, compulsively, and doesn’t look back until he’s made enough to create something. This might be surprising, given the cohesion that … read more »

POSTED September 6, 2011 6:28PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: Cass McCombs, Humor Risk, rock, THE TRIPWIRE, WIT'S END

The Tripwire: On Male Bonding, Versatility and Escaping Lo-Fi Stigmas

STORY BY: Adam Daniels

Male Bonding has always seemed to me a band that suffered from some unfortunate categorization. Don’t get me wrong. A lot of people have had a lot of very positive things to say about the … read more »

POSTED August 8, 2011 5:30PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: Blur, Dinosaur Jr, Endless Now, lo-fi, Male Bonding, Nirvana, rock

The Tripwire: On Eleanor Friedberger’s Surprise Album of the Summer

STORY BY: Adam Daniels

Fiery Furnaces frontwoman Eleanor Friedberger may not have made a summer album in the traditional sense. This will probably not find your ears through any pulsating car speakers or block parties. But play (the aptly … read more »

POSTED August 1, 2011 3:03PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: Coney Island, Elearnor Friedberger, Fiery Furnaces, summer albums ← PREVIOUS