A Review Can Be Art Too

Four great things about NBT  (Next Big Thing) blog & podcast:

1.  It’s a wonderful, eclectic source of independent music
2.  It has an incredibly catchy theme song that gets in my head every time their name is mentioned
3.  NBT is featuring Sarathan Records and its artists this April (woot!)

and last but not least…

4. Its reviews are refreshingly atypical: very visual & poetic. They’re sensual in nature, stream of thought in structure. These reviews seem to capture the very essence of the music that’s being described.

Not everyone will enjoy this style of writing. It requires time, thought, and imagination on the part of the reader. But ultimately, I find the experience very rewarding and insightful. It compels me to listen.

I know what you’re thinking – I swear I was not motivated to write this entry by a desire to promote the Sarathan feature on NBT (at least, not entirely). Truth be told, I wanted to find some outlet where I could share my favorite quote from NBT’s recently posted review of Two Loons for Tea’s second LP, Looking for Landmarks:

She drives through a landscape of rapidly changing storms. Escaping the thrum of her sweet nightmare, sometimes the sunlight sparkles on the cold metal, sparkles turn to sparks, blue sky to night. It was easier when she just believed him.
http://nbtmusic.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/the-nbt-review-57/

Like the songs within Two Loons for Tea’s albums, each paragraph is a poem that could stand alone, a beautiful flux of images, moods, and thoughts.

Agh! I love language, and I love it when people use it well!

~Kara

LINKS: NBT Blog, NBT Regular Podcast, NBT Top Ten Podcast

[Vote for your favorite Sarathan artists on the NBT website (Internet Explorer only) to get them featured on the NBT Top Ten Podcast!]

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