Beach House – Bloom
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Teen Dream, created an atmospheric dreamscape with keyboards, melodic guitar riffs and Victoria Legrand’s sultry voice. Bloom, Beach House’s fourth album, picks up where Teen Dream left off, but with more depth and and a touch of darkness. “Myth,” the first single off the album and the album opener, is very melancholic in nature with the layering of instrumentation and Legrand’s unique vocals. The sweeping guitar riff complements Legrand, adding an erethral element to… continue reading
Best Coast – The Only Place
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Best Coast goes a little deeper than sunshine, weed and a beloved cat in their second album, The Only Place. Bethany Consentino and Bobb Bruno were burdened with high expectations after the release of their first album, Crazy For You, and in their sophomore album, they have attempted to change the perception of their music. This includes taking away some of the deliberate grunginess that Best Coast fans adored. However,… continue reading
Jack White – Blunderbuss
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Here are some things we know about Jack White: he’s the everything-but-drummer of The White Stripes; he’s the executive of Third Man Records; he still records everything on analog tape; he can make a functioning electric guitar out of plywood; he can solo so ferociously that his fingers bleed all over his guitar; he looked a little like Dave Navarro for a while; he’s frontman of The Raconteurs; he’s the… continue reading
M. Ward – A Wasteland Companion
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A master collaborator as of late (Monsters of Folk, She & Him), M. Ward has finally come back to his solo roots with A Wasteland Companion. A bleak title hangs over this album, but Ward is in relative high spirits. Perhaps it’s the influence from his sticky-sweet She & Him partner Zooey Deschanel, but M. Ward certainly embraces his pop side on his eighth solo album. Some of its elements… continue reading
Of Monsters and Men – My Head Is An Animal
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Album of the year. Hands down. Iceland’s Of Monsters and Men’s debut album My Head Is An Animal has finally dropped stateside and it has been on repeat on my iPod, Spotify and iTunes all week long. Am I sick of it yet? Nope. With every listen, I only love the album even more. Of Monsters and Men have an Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros-esque style to their songs, especially in “Little Talks.” … continue reading
The Mars Volta – Noctourniquet
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The Mars Volta is my favorite band. I say that I have a lot of favorite bands, but when it really comes down to it, the Texas progressive rock factory run by songwriter Omar Rodriguez Lopez and lyricist Cedric Bixler-Zavala always finds its way comfortably ahead of the rest. No other band has consistently reinvented itself on each release and still managed to produce enjoyable music, even if said enjoyment… continue reading
Grimes – Visions
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In an interview with New York Times Magazine, Claire Boucher, the 24-year-old behind Grimes, described her music as “post-Internet.” The term doesn’t refer so much to a time in the absence of the Internet, as it does to the time after its advent. In other words, Grimes grew up in the modern world, where everything is available with a click of the mouse. Inevitably, her music does draw from many different influences…. continue reading
White Rabbits – Milk Famous
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Upon first listen to White Rabbits’ debut album, Fort Nightly, it is easy to be drawn to their infectious rhythms and unique style. Tracks such as “Kid On My Shoulders” and “Navy Wives” seemed to channel the music of older generations, and that sensation was particularly captivating. Anticipating a similar style in the later albums, I was a bit disappointed with how the band has progressed. When White Rabbits recruited… continue reading
Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself
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It seems that anything Andrew Bird does musically works for him. The man can do no wrong. His sixth solo studio album, Break It Yourself, is an amalgamation of elements: whistling interludes reminiscent of the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack, crickets, and a violin rift suitable for a jig. It’s so wild it’s peaceful. The album title comes from “Eyeoneye,” in which Bird sings, “You’ve done the impossible now / Took yourself… continue reading
Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit
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For the yet-to-be-introduced, here’s a bit of background: Delta Spirit is a five-piece indie outfit hailing from the mountains of San Diego. Over the past 8 years, they’ve carved out their own spot in the indie community with a distinctively old-school approach to songwriting that filters rock ‘n’ roll down to its soulful roots. The band’s newest album, a self-titled LP due out on March 13th, is a slight departure… continue reading
Memoryhouse – The Slideshow Effect
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What do you get when you start a collaborative project between photographer Denise Nouvion and composer Evan Abeele? The Canadian dream pop duo Memoryhouse. The latest addition to the Sub Pop family recently released their debut album The Slideshow Effect, a collection of newly composed songs with a couple of remastered songs from the past that are bound to carry you off to dreamland. Initially beginning as a bedroom recording… continue reading