Leor Galil

Journalist

  • Twitter
  • Newsletter
  • About
  • Clips

indie rock

Metric at the Vic, May 20

May 21, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Metric is a band made for the big stage. You wouldn’t know it from their background, as a term like “Canadian indie rock group” often equals total obscurity when crossing the border. But, somehow Metric has found success outside their home country. As their set at Chicago’s Vic Theatre on Thursday showed, they can not … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Bear In Heaven, Beastie Boys, Canada, Chicago, Emily Haines, indie rock, Metric, music, Pop music, The Vic, Vic Theatre

Music and the Media, Part 1: Everything killed the radio star

April 19, 2010 / Leave a Comment

The past few years, one word has come up constantly in conversation about today’s pop music: Balkanization. Be it another teeny-indie scene given the tag “glo-fi,” or another subset of Brooklyn bands revisiting the aural atmosphere of ’60s garage pop, the message remains loud and clear: As micro-scenes develop within pockets of our society, our … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Alice in Chains, balkanization, Breaking Benjamin, Cage The Elephant, Chevelle, chillwave, Christopher R. Weingarten, Clear Channel, glo-fi, Godsmack, hip-hop, indie rock, Lady Gaga, Led Zeppelin, Michele Catalano, Mudvayne, Muse, music, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Pop music, radio, rap, Rise Against, rock, Shinedown, Sick Puppies, Slipknot, Stone Temple Pilots

Lollapalooza and the Pitchfork Effect

April 6, 2010

The folks behind Lollapalooza officially unveiled the lineup for this year’s fest (that’s right - no more letter guessing) Tuesday morning. And it looks like someone’s been reading Pitchfork. The lineup is jam packed with indie bands. Many of those acts have received the greatest praise Pitchfork has to offer, the oft-coveted “Best New Music” chalice/crown/shiny thing. … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: alternative music, Arts, Best New Music, Bonnaroo, Chicago, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dan Deacon, Green Day, Grizzly Bear, Hot Chip, indie, indie rock, Lady Gaga, Lincoln Hall, Lollapalooza, MGMT, music, Phoenix, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Rogue Wave, Schubas, Soundgarden, Spoon, The Arcade Fire, The National, Yeasayer

Childish Gambino – 'I Am Just A Rapper'

January 12, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Hot indie bands, one hilarious comedic-actor and a hip-hop mixtape. Great combination, right? Well, almost. Childish Gambino’s new mixtape, I Am Just A Rapper, has so much potential. Yet, the results are a little mixed. Childish Gambino, otherwise known as Donald Glover, is someone to watch out for. When it comes to rhymes, Glover’s got … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: 30 Rock, actor, Animal Collective, Childish Gambino, community, Derrick Comedy, Donald Glover, Grizzly Bear, hip-hop, I Am Just A Rapper, indie rock, Jersey Shore, music, Mystery Team, NBC, rapper, Sleigh Bells

The Best Overlooked Albums Of The Aughts

December 27, 2009 / Leave a Comment

The new year is almost here, and with it comes a maelstrom of “End of the Year Lists.” Here on Ex-Spectator, I’ll be rolling out a few “End of the Year”/”End of the Decade” lists. Today’s list: The Best Overlooked Albums of the Aughts. A while back I started an ongoing feature called “Overlooked in … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: (k)no(w)here, +/-, A Name Writ in Water, A Story In White, Aereogramme, albums, Alias, All These Long Drives, All Together, Antelope, Apollo Sunshine, Aqueduct, art-punk, Beauty Pill, bedroom pop, Belly, best of, best overlooked albums of the aughts, best overlooked albums of the decade, Black Eyes, blogs, blues, bubblegum pop, By The Throat, Cave In, Cell-Scape, Central Hug, Central Hug/Friendarmy/Fractaldunes, Chad VanGaalen, chamber-pop, Chino Moreno, country, D.C., dance punk, Danger Mouse, Danger Mouse & Jemini, Dartz! This Is My Ship, David Terry, Deftones, doo-wop, Double Dagger, dubstep, Duplomacy, Ear Pwr, Emblems, emo, Emperor X, Eyedea & Abilities, Fire Theft, folk, Food For Animals, Forest Fire, Friend Army/Fractal Dunes (And The Dreams That Resulted), funk, Ghetto Pop Life, Gomez, Gowns, Guns Babes Lemonade, Hardcore punk, Hella, hip-hop, HLLLYH, Hope of the States, Hrishhikesh Hirway, I Sold Gold, In Our Gun, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, Interventions & Lullabies, Ire Works, Is This It, It Takes A Nation Of Millions, jam, jazz, Jemini, Karate, Let's Build A Fire, lo-fi, London Zoo, Low Level Owl Vol. 1, Low Level Owl Vol. 2, Lucero, Lungfish, Mapmaker, Maritime, Mark Kozelek, Mary Timony, matt pond PA, Melt-Banana, meme, metal, metalcore, Milosh, Mineral, minimalism, Movie Monster, Muscles, music, Night On Fire, noise rock, noise-punk, Oh No! Oh My!, Parts & Labor, Pattern Is Movement, Perfect Pitch Black, Personal Journals, Pinback, Pitchfork, Pitchfork effect, Plus/Minus, pop, pop-rock, post-disco, post-hardcore, post-punk, prog, Public Enemy, Putting The Days To Bed, Q And Not U, Ragged Rubble, rap, RCA, Red State, Reflector, Resurgam, Rhymesayers, Rob Crow, Sage Francis, slam poetry, slowcore, Soft Airplane, Sound Team, Southern rock, Sun Kil Moon, Sunny Day Real Estate, Super Animal Brothers III, Survival, Team Sleep, That Much Further West, The Appleseed Cast, the aughts, The Bug, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Dismemberment Plan, The Fire Theft, The Format, The Long Winters, The Lost Riots, The Mae Shi, The One AM Radio, The PoPo, The Rapture, The Strokes, The Unsustainable Lifestyle, Tiny Cities, twee, Unbeast the Leash, Unsolved, UUVVWWZ, VHS or Beta, Videohippos, Volcano I'm Still Excited!!, We The Vehicles, Wilderness, Zach Hill

Knowledge Is Power With A License To Read/Library Card

January 4, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I was flipping through the CD collection at the BPL in Copley Square today when a curious kid no older than ten caught up to my perusing area in the Popular Music Section. “Have you seen a My Chemical Romance CD?” The boy asked. “No, but if I do I’ll let you know,” I replied … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: blues, Boston Public Library, classical, Copley, emo, hip-hop, indie rock, James Brown, jazz, music, My Chemical Romance, Nina Simone, Ray Charles, showtunes, The Beatles, world music

A Heavy Cure

September 3, 2008 / Leave a Comment

You have to hand it to the Boston Herald on this one. The Weekly Dig usually dispenses the mean-spirited disses, but this Michael Marotta column on bad summer trends takes the cake. Specifically, the following point: Ivy League indie rock Right now, Vampire Weekend and Chester French are taking our hard-earned money with half-hearted indie … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Beach Boys, Black Flag, Dillinger Escape Plan, emo, Heavy Heavy Low Low, indie rock, Michael Marotta, music, Nick Catchdubs and Mr. Ducker, Nickelback, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, rock, screamo, Stuff White People Like, The Boston Herald, The Weekly Dig, Turtle Nipple and the Toxic Shock, Vampire Weekend

Pages

  • About
  • Clips

Archives

  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008

Categories

  • Band Profile
  • Behind the scene at shows
  • Blog
  • Featured
  • Freelance Work
  • Perfect Lines
  • True/Slant

Copyright © 2023 Leor Galil.

Me WordPress Theme by themehall.com

Leor Galil
  • Twitter
  • Newsletter
  • About
  • Clips
  • Twitter
  • Newsletter
  • About
  • Clips