Bradford Cox of Atlas Sound Last Thursday’s performance at NYU’s E & L Auditorium was the first for Neon Indian since relocating to Brooklyn from Austin, Texas, and while the band played an exceptionally tight set, their particular brand of psychedelic electro-pop come off as flat, generic, and, tasteless. To the unfamiliar these songs don’t [...]
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Atlas Sound: Logos
October 26, 2009 – 3:45 am
Even by indie rock’s broad aesthetic standards, Bradford Cox is not your prototypical scene leader. His ubiquitous presence in the music blogosphere belies a popular appeal rarely found within the experimental and often challenging catalog of his primary band Deerhunter. Under the guise of side-project-turned-main-event Atlas Sound, however, Cox has found a niche comfortably ensconced [...]
Blind Man’s Colour Season Dreaming
May 25, 2009 – 8:54 am
It came as no surprise to me when I learned, reading the press sheet that accompanied the unanticipated arrival of their debut record, that the only shows Blind Man’s Colour have ever played have been on beaches; and while I can’t say that beachy was the first descriptor that came to mind as I put [...]
Dirty Projectors at South Street Seaport
August 14, 2008 – 7:11 pm
The Seaport Music Festival‘s bevy of shows this summer has showcased the likes of Wire, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, No Age and Atlas Sound. As great as those bands are — and they are all fantastic — none of this summer’s shows is as exciting as tomorrow’s Dirty Projectors show.
