The latest signing to the unfathomably consistent Audio Antihero label arrives in the form of Frog – a New York based lo-fi pop duo crafting exactly the kind of tunes you wished Modest Mouse were still writing. Tom White and Dan Bateman’s music may sound stripped back on the surface but listen hard enough and… Continue reading Frog at Digital Fix
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Frog at Pittsburgh in Tune
Don’t feel bad if you haven’t yet heard of New York-based based indie rock duo Frog. Their 2013 self-titled debut EP failed to make much of an impact in the United States, though Scottish music blog GoldFlakePaint and British webzine Drowned in Sound heralded the album as one of the year’s best. Frog — Dan… Continue reading Frog at Pittsburgh in Tune
Frog at Collapse Board
Oh, god. Help me, words. Help me convey what a blessing Frog is. The moment the guitars trickle in on “All Dogs to Heaven”, I am transported. The warm twang that rings throughout the LP sounds woody, tangible, distinctly not modern. I think about “Ventura Highway”, and I try to remember when that sandy southwestern… Continue reading Frog at Collapse Board
Frog at Scene Point Blank
Frog’s second LP Kind of Blah is one that swings from highs to lows, from poppy pep to slowed down sadness and it encompasses every other emotion within it’s short running time that any of us would know. Opener “All Dogs Go To Heaven” is a guitar led-piece that showcases the duo’s bittersweet indie pop… Continue reading Frog at Scene Point Blank
Frog at Sputnik Music
For a lo-fi recording that tops out at just thirty six minutes, Frog’s sophomore album Kind of Blahpacks an unprecedented punch. It’s the kind of record that sounds like it should merely float by, traveling in one ear and out the other without leaving much of an impression. After all, that’s what a large portion… Continue reading Frog at Sputnik Music
Frog at Austin Town Hall
Have you spent any of your time listening to Frog? No? Then prepare yourself for something quite special, something you’ll rush to share with your friends, hoping to be the coolest kid on the block. This new single from their upcoming album, Kind of Blah, is a number that builds layer upon layer, working first… Continue reading Frog at Austin Town Hall
Frog at Whisperin’ and Hollerin’
Well, calling your album Kind Of Blah is a hostage to fortune as it makes this reviewer go “blah blah blah, is there a thing I wanna hear on it?” And really, is there? It opens with All Dogs Go to Heaven: a mellow moper with whine-y vocals and sort of OK keyboard sounds, but… Continue reading Frog at Whisperin’ and Hollerin’
Frog at Big Takeover
Queens, NY-based soft rock duo, Frog, offer their sophomore release, a bona fide full-length that should garner the group more notice than their largely overlooked eponymous 2013 EP (Monkfish). Though there are only two of them, Kind of Blah sounds full in the heavy reverb wash of vocalist Dan Bateman’s guitar, allowing the songs to… Continue reading Frog at Big Takeover
Frog at Maximum Ink
Country-river folk spinning skinny-dipping syllogisms from hot-tip hipsters and daydreaming beatniks, “Blah,” shadow-babbles in swirling pop-culture skullduggery surfing an eclectic fusion of runaway sentences, nervous diversions and murmured worries. Rambling jam-band acoustics canoodle into sunny indie-rock wonder bundling Frog’s vernacular spectaculars into exquisite hillbilly shape-shifters curating meandering pandemonium from literate misfits for a contorted multi-storied… Continue reading Frog at Maximum Ink
Frog at Line of Best Fit
New York City’s Frog – an indie-country duo of Dan Bateman and Thomas White, not a squelchy amphibian – are sharing new single “Judy Garland” exclusively on Best Fit. Named after the famous Wizard Of Oz actress, “Judy Garland” weaves together lilting vocal scales, glottal stops, falsettos and all manner of intriguing vocal tricks. As well as the… Continue reading Frog at Line of Best Fit