Tracks
M83: "Midnight City"
Anthony Gonzalez’s grandiose field of vision, which ambitiously seeks to invest every dramatic notion into some manic, emotional tapestry, tends...
Aug 02, 2011
Tracks
The Middle East: "Jesus Came to My Birthday Party"
The Middle East have, amongst doubtless many other non-notable accolades, the dubious acclaim of writing my most played song on...
Aug 02, 2011
Records
White Denim: D
White Denim’s previous full-length (not counting last year’s internet freebie Last Days of Summer) was 2009’s Fits. An amusing chunk...
Aug 02, 2011
Records
Jennifer Castle: Castlemusic
Late on Castlemusic, the first record Toronto folk singer-songwriter Jennifer Castle has released under her own name, we get the...
Aug 02, 2011
Records
YACHT: Shangri-La
Following the release of See Mystery Lights (2009), I’d essentially written off YACHT as an overstretched Pacific Northwest community...
Aug 02, 2011
Records
Pill: The Diagnosis Mixtape
So, another rapper scrapped his official debut, decided to start fresh, and released the sessions as a mixtape. Today, that...
Aug 02, 2011
Tracks
Babe Shadow: "Days of Old"
If you had a crushing fear of technology, how would you live? The sensible way is obviously to wrap yourself...
Aug 01, 2011
Articles
One Year Later: A Long, Sober Look at Sobriety and Looking
Because that’s what year-end top-whatever lists are all about, right? Sobriety, and looking. We spend the year listening to music...
Jul 30, 2011
Tracks
Girls: "Vomit"
It’s hard to believe, considering their prolific output, that Girls is still such a young band—having released their astonishing debut...
Jul 29, 2011