Mike Tony

The lead track from the Sea and Cake’s forthcoming album Runner sounds like it was written on sequencers, which is always impressive coming from a band that started out specializing in African-inspired jazz fusion in the mid-90’s.  “Harps” breezes by amidst a backdrop of chimes, strings, and glowing synths which have a “happy gas” effect — nobody will be able to harsh your mellow after this one’s over.  Still, with lyrics like “I couldn’t let go” and “The sky was never blue,” frontman Sam Prekop never lets you forget what discomfort feels like.  It’s a dreamy dichotomy, par for the course for this indulgently creative albeit risk-taking group.
August 2, 2012 at 11:00 am

Tame Impala, "Apocalypse Dreams"
July 20, 2012 at 4:00 pm

Blur, "Under the Westway"
July 5, 2012 at 8:00 am

Fiona Apple, "Every Single Night"
June 14, 2012 at 12:00 pm

The 8 songs we'll be playing on UCity's Pianos this week
June 7, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Roses finds all of the Cranberries’ original members plus original producer Stephen Street back together eleven years after their coda Wake Up and Smell the Coffee.  It’s no wonder, then, that they are picking up right where they left off, with the same adult pop polish that made them one of greatest U.K.
February 28, 2012 at 7:15 pm