Blogcritics Author: Seraphina Lotkhamnga

Music Review: Tally Hall - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Seraphina Lotkhamnga — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:04:12 EDT

Ann Arbor's famous band combines oddities and genius.
Throw The Beatles, Queen, Weezer and They Might Be Giants all into a jack-in-the-box and out pops, not an unnecessarily scary clown - but the incredibly colorful band, Tally Hall. These comparisons are only a taste of what the wacky yet talented group of 20-something musicians create within just one album. Refusing to be pigeon holed as a genre or...

Music Review: Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Seraphina Lotkhamnga — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:35:26 EDT

Here's the band that is so much more than we ever expected to encounter.
They’ve been the only band without an album to be shot for the cover of Spin Magazine and the word is they’re the best band 2008 has seen yet. Do these baby faced 20-somethings deserve all the hype the media is giving them? Well, who knows what the year will still bring us but does this new band certainly has validated any possible...

Interview: iBand - High Tech Music In Your Pocket

Seraphina Lotkhamnga — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:36:21 EST

Taking music and the iPhone to another level.
At the top of their official website they proclaim, “Although skilled in a range of conventional musical instruments, we chose the iPhone and iPod Touch to create our music.” That’s right. Technology has been taken on a whole different level when the members of iBand decided to combine their love of music and modern gadgets. The...

Indie Music: The Undefinable Term

Seraphina Lotkhamnga — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:43:31 EST

Is indie music truly in its own world or not?
Sound, genre or a way of life? Today, it’s not surprising to have a person in their twenties and on down tell you, “Oh. Well, I don’t listen to anything on the radio.” Usually when someone says this, you can assume that this person listens to mostly indie music. “Indie,” the short term for its original term...