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Darren Tan - ArticlesFirst of all, i would like to sincerely thank you for visiting Indiesurf.com. As you can see now, i’m a huge avid fan of indie music, indie bands and indie artists. Since i was 17 years old, i started to fall in love with the indie music scene. It was a total turning point in my life for me as i no longer look at the indie music industry the same since.
I realized that the music and talent of the indie music scene are amazingly breathtaking. One of the significant differences between indie music scene and commercial/mainstream music scene is within the music itself. Cheers! Music Review: “Modern Guilt” by BeckModern Guilt dives in with folky opener “Orphans”. It has a distant bass sound in the beginning. Once the guitar enters and Beck voices out, the track just hits the jackpot like that. It produces a country-like atmosphere to it, folk and country rock altogether. Music Review of Fantasy Black Channel by Late Of The PierLate Of The Pier’s Fantasy Black Channel opens with roaring guitar instrumental “Hot Tent Blues”. It seems that Late Of The Pier have been using a sampler to make this track. The guitar on this track revives the 80s rock scene where it’s filled with pitching and echoic guitar. Music Review of Twenty One by Mystery JetsTwenty One welcomes us with opener “Hideaway”. It starts off with some sirens, as if some houses or buildings are on fire and waiting for the arrival of Firemen. Before long, the bass just comes in with a lazy and draggy sound to it joined by steady drum beats. It has this disco feeling too. Music Review of A Mouthful by The DoA Mouthful has an album appetizer that everyone of us will definitely give at least a thumb-up to it. In “Playground Hustle”, a group of children cover most of the singing part while Olivia just adds in some extra weights here and there. The music in this track is exceptional as well. Music Review of Elephant Shell by Tokyo Police ClubElephant Shell has a good opening with “Centennial”. In the few seconds upon opening, you can hear the sound of a malfunctioned robot. The robot might be stuck or jammed somewhere, i thought to myself. Shortly, the draggy keyboard and Dave Monks just come in. Centennial is not a fast tempo track, but the guitar and bass seem to be able to work this track out. Music Review of A Hundred Million Suns by Snow PatrolA Hundred Million Suns opens with “If There’s A Rocket Tie Me To It”. It starts off in the distance with the help of synthesizers and gradually sounds louder and gets into the track when the correct momentum hits on. When the guitar comes on, it sounds really good before Gary comes on with his trademark husky yet soft vocals. Music Review of The Red Album by WeezerWeezer (The Red Album) has a crunchy opening with “Troublemaker”. The opening guitar strumming sounds like “The Good Life” from Pinkerton. Rivers just sings in a fast pace to catch up with the guitar and drum beat. While singing the verse, the bass will come in at certain beats and produces sounds as if the thunder is going to strike. Music Review Of You & Me By The WalkmenYou & Me kicks off with “Dónde Está la Playa”. The combination of the bass and the organ is quite good. At first listen, it sounded really weird. But after a few listens, my perception towards the music in the background as Hamilton sings on totally changed. Music Review Of Como Te Llama By Albert Hammond, JrDarren Tan is a huge avid fan of indie music, indie bands and indie artists.
With Indiesurf.com he wants to share his thoughts, comments, reviews and opinions on the latest (and past/old) indie music, indie bands and indie artists with the world and you. You are also invited to share your views as well, so he'll see you at Indiesurf.com. Music Review Of This Is Alphabeat By AlphabeatThis Is Alphabeat makes me go dancing with their album opener "Fantastic 6". When the music comes on, Alphabeat can be heard voicing, "Ah... Ah... Woo...". With the 80s atmosphere, i find Fantastic 6 a very good track, especially in the chorus where Alphabeat's Anders SG and Stine did a double together, "...Twenty four seven, from Heaven, they'll be watching over all of us, the international, professionals...".
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