May 22nd, 2006 2:29pm

The Hustle’s The Same No Matter What The Game...

The Hustle’s The Same No Matter What The Game

Anchors For Architects “Feelin’ Like Salieri” - Something seems to be happening in Los Angeles right now. I don’t think I’ve read anything about it anywhere, and but there seems to be quite a pile-up of quality indie rock acts coming out of L.A. in the past couple years. Interestingly, most of them have a musical kinship with the sort of 90s indie that I favor, dodging the sort of trends that I mentioned in the Carbon Dating Service entry from last week, and focusing instead on either a polished, stronger strain of melodic alt-rock (The Oohlas, Irving, Giant Drag, Eagle & Talon), or the sprawling sun-baked punk equivalent of jamming. Anchors For Architects exemplify the latter style, shifting from a loose, listless swing to moments of intensity like The Fall on “Hip Priest,” or Pavement on “Jam Kids.” (Click here to buy it from Papermade Records.)

5/22/06 5:47 pm

mike says:

Sun baked… perfect for another a rainy day in North England spent with one eye on my textbook and the other trained closely on my feed reader.

Update damn you!

Cheers!

Dr Mike.

5/22/06 9:54 pm

rajeev says:

this song is great! they wear their influences openly, but i’m not complaining. is the whole album like this?

5/22/06 10:02 pm

Matthew says:

Kinda, sorta. Some songs are more art-punk, some are more in this direction. Other tracks feature female vocals, jazz-ish keyboards and cello. I think you’d be satisfied with it, though. It comes together pretty well as an LP.

5/23/06 9:53 am

Jim says:

Spin did do a feature article on the Silverlake (an area just outside of LA) scene in their last “Next Big Things” issue. It featured Giant Drag and Autolux and all the rest of the usual suspects from around there.

5/23/06 5:09 pm

cindy hotpoint says:

I’ve listened to this song several times, and I just can’t decide if I like it, or if it makes me want to scream in agony. I admit, there’s something interesting going on here, but I’m not 100% certain it’s good — I’ll reserve judgement until I hear the rest of the album, I suppose.