Wow, it seems like longer than two-thirds of a decade since the wondrous, labyrinthine sounds of the likes of Battles, Animal Collective and Dirty Projectors inundated our concept of pop music with bulbous, buzzardly bliss. The trend now has overwhelmingly been toward the simple and poppy: see the burgeoning Best Coast, the direction of The … Continue reading “New York Independent Lo-fi: Focus on the Complexities First”