Film School
Now a quintet, the Bay Area band follows a handful of well-received demos and EPs with this LP of atmospheric rock.
Music fashion has a way of destroying history's big picture by shaving off the excess details. Sure, plenty of hot bands are happy to cite Joy Division and The Cure as influences, but what about the also-rans that filled out the scenes? What about Flesh For Lulu, Gene Loves Jezebel, and the other acts that found…
Since the release of Film School's 2001 album A Brilliant Career, post-punk-inspired indie rock bands have gone from being hip to common, and it would be easy to write off the band's second, self-titled album as riding the wake of the trend.
We've been searching long and hard for the American Radiohead for years. People have recently proclaimed My Morning Jacket to be the closest fit