Any band that can crank out seven songs in the span of just 16 minutes and not give up a
thing is all right by me. And that's exactly what Tokyo Police Club did with their 2006 debut EP titled A Lesson In Crime. Their single off that EP, "Nature of the Experiment", which features bright vocal work and a controlled rage of guitars, is perfect if only for the sheer economy of songwriting, weighing in at a lean 2 minutes long.
Faintly reminiscent of New York indie/gar
Fort Lauderdale-based foursome Fantastic 5 blend indie rock and '90s alternative with echoing guitars, stripped down rock, and grungy vocals, and name The Pixies, Weezer, The Strokes, and Velvet Underground among their musical influences. Their songs vacillate from Nirvana-inspired opening tempos to Bloodhound Gang-style vocal antics; and sometimes the vocalist even sounds a little like Marc Bolan from T.Rex, but in a good way. The band description on MySpace says the music is dark y
Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores.Top Five Albums for the Week of November 8 - 15This ain't your kid sister: Kid Sister climbed Radio-Active Records charts with her new hip hop/electro debut, Ultraviolet.​Uncle Sam's, South Beach1. Kaleidoscope, Tiësto2. Get Salted Vol. 2, Miguel Migs3. Where the Wild Things Are [Soundtrack], Karen O & The Kids4. Lungs, Florence and the Machine5.This Is It, Mi
