Collaborating with drummer Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs

deeply emotional and lilting style in which Mike Hanapi and Kalama’s Quartet excelled

bits of choppy new-wave guitar and a whole lot of appealingly clunky pop heaviness that brings to mind nothing so much as an extremely low-budget Kiss

and the occasional addition of swirly moog and staccato drum pad beats keep it from slipping into nostalgia

SUFJAN STEVENS - Seven Swans LP Minimal Wave Collaborating with drummer Brian ChaseMulti instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens made a couple of records that slipped under the radar before his third, the astoundingly lush post rock concept album GREETINGS FROM MICHIGAN, gained him critical attention and cult status. Seemingly bent on not repeating himself, Stevens scales down MICHIGAN's grandeur to a minimalist palette for SEVEN SWANS. Where the previous album was instrumentally comparable to Tortoise or Stereolab, SEVEN SWANS is