Listen Before You Buy

Perhaps duo Whitehorse owe their lyrical passion and musical complementariness to the fact that they are partners on and off the stage – a connection that I personally think always shines through in art.

I am a huge fan of this new practice by indie/rock artists of posting mixtapes for their fans to download.  It provides a welcome insight into the tastes of artists that we typically only know via their own songs or, at most, via twitter feeds and myspace pages.  In a sense, it personalizes the artists, [...]