The U.K. trio Let's Wrestle doesn't make music for its art, but for its attitude. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
For more than 15 years, Mogwai has built a reputation on its monstrous ambitions for rock music. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
There are a lot of songs that, you know, just get me excited because they create a certain, I guess, set of… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Rock and ambient music might as well reside on opposite sides of the galaxy, so it's almost shocking when a band like… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
In music, trends are always rising and fading in popularity, but nostalgia never dies. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
The Internet has essentially democratized the music industry in terms of what is popular and it's democratized the music journalism industry as… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Short-sighted music fans might scoff at the revivalism of, say, Ariel Pink, but plenty of acts have built healthy careers around the… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Cryptic messages and abstract statements are littered throughout the music of Happy Birthday, but it hasn't made the band's sun-baked pop-rock any… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Tame Impala is more about impact than innovation, sure, but the music still stuns on contact. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Holy Ghost! wears its influences proudly: Look no further than the duo's video for 'I Will Come Back,' a shot-for-shot remake of… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
For more than 10 years, Daniel Snaith has been playing mad scientist with pop and psychedelic music. As Manitoba, and more recently… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
If you want to truly take in the subtleties and detail of your favorite records, then enjoy them the same way you… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
On its fifth full-length album, 'Cervantine,' A Hawk and a Hacksaw's love of the Balkans continues unabated, but with new songs and… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Less is more' may be a cliche, but that doesn't mean musicians often heed that advice. Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, who performs… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
If Death Grips isn't the fourth horseman of a hip-hop apocalypse, its music at least tests the genre's threshold of extremity: The… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Sounding like a toned-down Sufjan Stevens - or an even more toned-down Arcade Fire - Seabear's quiet execution gives its music a… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Electronics, samples and vocals are all fed into The Log.Os' music, and a fresh take on soul comes out. The band's songs… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
There are so many artists, so many songs, so many producers, that it's hard to keep track of whose music is worthwhile. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I would love for the artists that I give positive reviews to to continue coming out… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
I don't really think reviewing music is something you're going to get famous doing overnight. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
The Internet is the fastest way to get what you want and expose yourself to music you would never have heard otherwise. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Tame Impala's music revisits a time when guitar effects and studio tricks were music's newest frontiers; when rock was barely old enough… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
If music ever needs FDA approval in the future, bands like this will be the reason why; Magic Kids' sugar-coated songs paint… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
The TV show 'How It's Made' brings the intricate details of assembly lines to numerous North American living rooms. But if the… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Music can provide a much-needed break from life's harsh moments, but Eddy Current Suppression Ring has no interest in creating a sonic… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
A formidable game of 'Name That Influence' could be based on the music of the seductive rock duo Girls: The band's first… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Rather than highlighting music's differences, Kids & Explosions' Josh Raskin mixes songs together based on their surprising common ground, making them blend… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
A Hawk and a Hacksaw may be from America, but the band's music sure isn't: Since the beginning, Eastern Europe has been… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Occasionally, I'll want to cover something that's outside of my audiences' tastes or interests. Every week or so I have to try… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Naturally, underground music often gravitates toward experimentation and the abstract. That's understandable, and more often than not, it feels great to dive… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Amon Tobin has been producing electronic music since the mid-'90s, and was a key figure in the rise of drum-and-bass. He's also… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
For artists, looking back in time for ideas is commonplace, but there's an overwhelming sense of '70s and '80s nostalgia in California… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Seabear's love of soft folk sounds is unquestionable, but that doesn't stop the Icelandic band from infusing its music with layers of… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Being a hotbed of international travel, of course Panama's music is as diverse as its population. Throughout the '60s and '70s, it… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Brian Eno is an iconic and omnipresent pioneer in the world of ambient music, but he's gained real staying power while working… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Bands such as LiLiPUT and Essential Logic were just as unorthodox as Gang of Four or Wire, even taking their sounds a step further… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Tame Impala's music revisits a time when guitar effects and studio tricks were music's newest frontiers; when rock was barely old enough to drive… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Some art needs to be hung on the wall and stared at inquisitively, while other pieces require a more active approach. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
The Internet is the fastest way to get what you want and expose yourself to music you would never have heard otherwise. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Cryptic messages and abstract statements are littered throughout the music of Happy Birthday, but it hasn't made the band's sun-baked pop-rock any less infectious. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
The U.K. trio Let's Wrestle doesn't make music for its art, but for its attitude. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
A formidable game of 'Name That Influence' could be based on the music of the seductive rock duo Girls: The band's first single, 'Hellhole… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
With its breezy guitars and sweet backing vocals, 'Norway' blows away any semblance of Beach House's previously bleak approach to pop. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Occasionally, I'll want to cover something that's outside of my audiences' tastes or interests. Every week or so I have to try and cover… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
The musical era depicted in 'Round and Round' may not be pop's brightest moment, but rather than abandon its ideas, Ariel Pink reclaims them… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Short-sighted music fans might scoff at the revivalism of, say, Ariel Pink, but plenty of acts have built healthy careers around the art of… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
I don't really think reviewing music is something you're going to get famous doing overnight. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
