Carl’s Rock Songbook #48: Critical Notes on the Indie Rock Noise-Pop Boom

by Carl Scott

I like all the “Beach Goth Noise-Pop” music I linked to last time, and have a real fondness for a number of the bands. But now it’s time for some critical observations. The major objections to this music are three: 1. It doesn’t swing, and the blues has been totally bleached . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2012

Carl’s Rock Songbook #47: Surfin’ the You Tube with the Noise-Pop Beach Goths

by Carl Scott

The last five or so years there’s been something of a renaissance, something of a new charge, rippling through indie rock. Quite a few college radio stations seem to be playing an awful lot of good stuff as far as rock goes . . . at least, to my ears much of it sounds as good as what was on . . . . Continue Reading »

31 May 2012