2009-06-30
LANDy is Adam Goldberg (actor, writer, producer, director). Along with some help from Aaron Espinoza of Earlimart and Stephen Drozd of The Flaming Lips, Goldberg sings in the range of what sounds like a cross between John Lennon and Jon Brion, except he can’t quite sing as well as either of them. Goldberg also takes on keyboards, guitar and drums on many of these tracks. Before taking a first listen, I expected equal parts irony and irreverence, injected with the actor’s signature dark humor. In a sense, Eros and Emissions does carry Goldberg’s black-humored irreverence, although he seems to take his music as seriously as any up-and-coming musician, and this debut is a surprisingly affective collection of moody, atmospheric dream pop that packs in a lot of sounds, vocal styles and personality. -LaRaeMATT TEN CLAY & THE HOWLERS
Very Much Alive
ATLAS GENIUS
When It Was Now
Bill Madden
Gone
Robbers On High Street
Tree City
THE BURNING OF ROME
(Selections from the forthcoming album) With Us
THERESA ANDERSSON
Street Parade
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