Arjun Core Review

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Arjun “Core” Review

We’ve covered some unique music on For The Fan, but this may take the cake folks. Arjun releases the record “Core” and blows everyone away with precision guitar work, eclectic bass lines, and genre shifting that is going to cause your head to explode. Turn the blender in your brain on to 11 because you aren’t going to be able to peg this as just one type of record, it’s all instrumental, all done with expertise, and there’s not one wasted second or moment on this release. It’s an iconic record that is going to live on as more people pay attention to how well this is layered.

Blood Sugar Summer Haunted

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Blood Sugar Summer “Haunted” Single (2014)

There is a lot of music that comes out today and you don’t get to hear it. I don’t like that notion, so I try my best to look for all sorts of new acts, good music, and even publish my playlists daily through last.fm. Upon coming across Blood Sugar Summer, I recognized one of the best songs I’ve heard in a long time. It’s with the release of “Haunted” from their upcoming record, that I realized the duo of Benjó James and Jack Wilson may very well be my new favorite artists.

Broken Bells After The Disco

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Broken Bells “After The Disco” (2014) Review

I’ve been lost in a sea of freelance writing. No one tells you that being a freelancer will require you to work 10 – 14 hour days, 7 days a week. But the one thing about working for yourself, or rather on your own is that you can listen to music all day and night. It’s a dream, it’s a gift, but the work is a curse because it’s a far cry from what the 9 to 5 world gets paid. Fulfilling, yes, but that’s for another time. The latest release from Broken Bells is a mix of melancholy tunes and creative combinations that trumps their debut record by a huge leap, in my view. “After The Disco” was released recently and while pop radio is going to miss playing singles from this record, fans will once again tune into some of the more interesting music coming out of the musical landscape right now.

Statistics Often Lie

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Statistics “Often Lie” (2005) Review

The sound of the underground was brewing some incredible music in the late 1990s and through the early half of the 2000s. Statistics was one of those bands that was producing some incredible recordings, and yet didn’t get the mainstream success that other bands seemed to get. On the Jade Tree label, they were able to create a lot of good music, and only now are people starting to realize it in many ways. For fans of indie, shoe gaze, and guitar driven rock music, this sits well with the rest of the collection. But for those that are looking at this genre for the first time, you’ll be astonished by what Statistics puts together on their 2005 release “Often Lie”. It’s a mix of 9 tracks that will go from the heights of independent rock to the lows of emo and indie.

Interpol: Turn On The Bright Lights

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Interpol “Turn On The Bright Lights” (2002) Review

Artist: Interpol

Album: Turn On The Bright Lights

Release Date: 2002

Label: Matador

Genre: Alternative/Post Punk