Where it's Rat-at-at.
I love hearing music. In many ways it’s as vital to my life as breathing. I don’t just enjoy it when I’m working. I need it.
As a wannabe authority on the up-and-coming bands of the indie music scene, I do my best to stay in-the-know. Unfortunately, as a student with a part-time job, it is near impossible to be the know-it-all music snob that I aspire to be. So it helps to depend on friends and the music news grapevine for new sounds when life’s too hectic to stay on-track.
So, with that said, thanks to my good friends Rene and Mikey for introducing me to the New York-based band Ratatat, who just put out their second album titled “Classics” on Aug. 22.
With just two people, a couple of guitars and an Apple MacBook, this group pumped out an incredibly clean-cut production of '80s-style guitar ballads, hip-hop rhythms, roaring cat and whimsical bell samples, and playful synthesizer melodies. The men behind this multi-layered musical madness are guitarist Mike Stroud and instrumentalist Evan Mast.
As an entirely instrumental band, Ratatat is scraping an innovative path on the face of indie music. On “Classics” each song remains in a safe experimental space, never straying too far out of the electronic/rock genre. With a steady heartbeat tempo and easy-on-the-ear melodies, Ratatat is sure to keep you bobbing your head through your onerous reading assignments and won’t distract with a catchy lyrical chorus.
Ratatat will be at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix on Sept. 25 giving us studious types a little stress relief and some fine beats to move our feet to.
As a wannabe authority on the up-and-coming bands of the indie music scene, I do my best to stay in-the-know. Unfortunately, as a student with a part-time job, it is near impossible to be the know-it-all music snob that I aspire to be. So it helps to depend on friends and the music news grapevine for new sounds when life’s too hectic to stay on-track.
So, with that said, thanks to my good friends Rene and Mikey for introducing me to the New York-based band Ratatat, who just put out their second album titled “Classics” on Aug. 22.
With just two people, a couple of guitars and an Apple MacBook, this group pumped out an incredibly clean-cut production of '80s-style guitar ballads, hip-hop rhythms, roaring cat and whimsical bell samples, and playful synthesizer melodies. The men behind this multi-layered musical madness are guitarist Mike Stroud and instrumentalist Evan Mast.
As an entirely instrumental band, Ratatat is scraping an innovative path on the face of indie music. On “Classics” each song remains in a safe experimental space, never straying too far out of the electronic/rock genre. With a steady heartbeat tempo and easy-on-the-ear melodies, Ratatat is sure to keep you bobbing your head through your onerous reading assignments and won’t distract with a catchy lyrical chorus.
Ratatat will be at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix on Sept. 25 giving us studious types a little stress relief and some fine beats to move our feet to.
posted by Mandy G at 5:06 PM
1 Comments:
Nice. As journalist we all need our sources, friends are good sources. You know I love it for just the mention and link to the MacBook. LOL Good job. Have you thought to include links to a sound file or podcast of someone you write about?
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