Reviewing your parents' music collection
Indie pop has always been a genre closely linked to the label of acoustic performance. The importance of the acoustic guitar, the non-electronic piano, the percussion provided live (usually on a cajon), the only evidence of production interference located in the microphone picking up the sound. The quality stamp of simplicity. Not that contemporary music… Continue reading Simplicity is Scary – Captain Cool Presents: BOY’s “Acoustic Collection”
Your parents were rebels once. They were slamming doors, screaming at their parents, turning their music up way too loud, flinging themselves onto their beds and screaming into pillows. They were young once and full of anger, full of teenage angst in the days when there was no such word as 'teenage angst' but the… Continue reading Slam the Doors, Turn Up the Noise – Patti Smith Broadcasts Teenage Frustration on “Radio Ethiopia”
Grab that guitar. Hop on that train to nowhere. Light that campfire. Tell those stories. Tell the stories of the love you once lost, the woman that left you alone in that long forgotten town. Whisper to the children, their eyes alight with eager interest, they're hanging on your lips, entranced by the sound of… Continue reading Sounds Like Denim Jackets and Cold Light Beer – Captain Cool Presents: “CAAMP” by CAAMP
Some music genres don't age well. Nu metal was a thing in the mid 90s but thankfully didn't last very long. Glam rock, although producing some magnificently catchy tracks hasn't really been able to adapt to the 21st century. And then there is acid rock, a genre that is so loosely defined that it was… Continue reading Recycling the 60s – Mother Earth’s “You Have Been Watching” Hasn’t Aged Well
What if alt-J were a one-man-band that went on a coffee date with Bon Iver, briefly hooked up with them and then decided to write an atmospheric indie concept EP about the adventures of a grey furred rabbit? It would probably sound a lot like LOKI's The Adventures of Antheon the Rabbit. This is a… Continue reading Run Rabbit Run – Captain Cool Presents: “The Tales of Antheon the Rabbit” by LOKI
The Dad Anthology 