Live Performance Special: Civilian

Civilian - Wye Oak - Civilian

I love this song live and in studio. The vocalist has a beautiful swirling delivery which is a perfect match for the distortion and reverb of her guitar, matched with the simple, thumping kick drum. The amount of passion and loud she puts into that guitar solo is just fantastic. It's not technical, it's just simple and brutally emotive. Wow.

Live.

Studio.

Song of the Week: Wicker - Clutch

Wicker - Clutch - Pitchfork EP

Clutch is personally one of my favorite band, their self titled album is something I can listen to again and again, the whole way through. I love their sound tone, lyrics, and dynamics, all of which point to an insane sound especially in their earlier albums. Wicker has guitar tones that wash over you in distorted waves before switching to a choppy off beat riff for the verses of the song. The actual lyrics are contradictions and riddles, they're full of idioms and wordplay confusing meaning. I love it.