Nov 17th, 2008 · Australians Kate Cooper and Damon Cox make up An Horse. The two recently released their full-length debut, Rearrange Beds, on which they tackle a simple enough formula: drums, electric guitar, and failed relationships for lyrical fodder. It's dangerous territory for some bands. It's easy to turn those ingredients into melodrama or an exercise in the trite. But An Horse uses its confessional lyrics to create 10 immediately recognizable tunes, with toe-tapping beats. It's a combination that led the duo to opening spots on tours with Death Cab for Cutie and Tegan & Sara.
Keywords: dangerous · exercise · Territory · electric · duo · horizon · ingredients · guitar · beds · Formula · Death Cab for Cutie · melodrama
Nov 10th, 2008 · After the stunning array of color begins to fall in autumn, all that's left is the slow march to winter. There's something inherently melancholy about watching the leaves drop. Let these five confessionals prepare you for a season of the high lonesome — a time before a chilly mood meets the rake's progress.
Keywords: mood · loneliness · melancholy · confessional · autumn · Lonesome · EE
Nov 7th, 2008 · Browne's latest album, Time the Conqueror, is an exploration of past and present world events that have defined generations. Most of the songs offer personal reactions to political events, but others are introspective confessionals about his own life. In a session with David Dye, Browne performs songs from the new album.
Keywords: politics · world · songs · album · David Dye · Jackson · explore · Conquerors · confessional · emTime
Aug 14th, 2008 · The Puppini Sisters' shtick is to take the style of The Andrews Sisters and add postmodern zing. In the group's outstanding original tune "Jilted," the result sounds like a confessional column from a Swing Era edition of Cosmo.
Keywords: original · shtick · column · Harmony · postmodern · confessional · Puppini · Puppini Sisters · Swing Era · The Andrews Sisters · Jilted · emCosmo
Jul 15th, 2008 · It's important to note how much good music is coming from our northern neighbors these days. City and Colour is the solo project of Ontario-native Dallas Green, founding member of the Canadian band Alexisonfire. Bring Me Your Love is Green's second full-length release under the City and Colour moniker, and the record's acoustic singer-songwriter work balances beautifully simple music with powerful vocals and heavy, confessional lyrics.
Keywords: city · music · neighbors · Canadian · Singer · songwriter · acoustic · native · moniker · Ontario · confessional · Dallas Green
Oct 4th, 2007 · For a band prone to sad confessionals, Rilo Kiley sounds downright gleeful on "Breakin' Up." Granted, it's a kiss-off song that practically fetishizes rationalization. But there's something uplifting about hearing singer Jenny Lewis "wash the blues away," for once.
Keywords: liberals · Singer · songs · gleeful · Rilo · Kiley · Rilo Kiley · confessional · Fetish · Jenny Lewis · Breakin Up
Oct 23rd, 2006 · Best known as a member of the Stars and Broken Social Scene, Millan ditches some of these bands' slick sheen and anthemic pop for a more organic and earnest sound. Drawing on themes of love and loneliness, she gives in to her country whims and offers her own take on the whiskey-drenched confessional.
Keywords: country · organization · Stars · loneliness · whiskey · anthems · Broken Social Scene · Millan · confessional
Mar 17th, 2006 · Jenny Lewis traffics in spiky pop and sad country music as leader of Rilo Kiley, and she left a memorable impression as a backing vocalist on "Give Up," the hit debut of electronic duo The Postal Service. Both bands showcase Lewis's flair for bold but relatable confessionals.
Keywords: country · Relations · Lewis · music · electronics · Traffic · Singer · duo · vocalist · flair · Rilo · Kiley
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