If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Evan Bowles Considering Milliseconds includes Joe Easley and Eric Axelson of The Dismemberment Plan, and their debut album was produced by J Robbins, you owe it to yourself to give them a listen. Their latest single, "Fallingwater," is still a punk track, albeit a grown up one. It still has the attitude of punk, but in an older, more chilled out way. It even has some vocal harmonies that would make The Beach Boys jealous. According to the Axelson, Milliseconds were "... tapping into Husker Du and The Kinks when writing this," and that sums up the song much better than I could. It's an upbeat artsy punk song that is at the highest end possible for melody in the genre. Eric Axelson says of his band's new single: "On the third or fourth date with my now wife, she told me about her fantasy to head to the airport some Friday after work, buy a ticket for Paris, and spend a weekend exploring, eating great food, drinking wine, flying back for work Mond...

In a slower week than we've had as of late, there seems to be a common theme... The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion : Many have heralded this album (songs of which came out of the same sessions as last year's The Carpenter ) as the next Migonette from the Avett catalog. While I'm still waiting for the next Emotionalism , this is now the third album in a row where the Avetts seem to be happy to fill a more roots/bluegrass-oriented spot next to The Lumineers or Mumford and Sons as opposed to the mix of bluegrass, punk, and rockabilly that their earlier works had. While I and Love and You was a worthy, superlative breakthrough, it appears the Avetts are sticking with what broke them through as opposed to what worked about their sound, which means you get a handful of great songs and a few more unmemorable moments. I wanted more, I wanted different. Paul McCartney - New : As someone who was never really able to get into the Beatles for whatever reason (people...