Records
Jason Urick: I Love You
Looking back at the history of a cold, cold genre, a good deal of ambient music depersonalizes spaces reserved by...
Jan 25, 2012
Records
Chairlift: Something
Like many artists who’ve erupted commercially on the strength of just one song—or in this case, just one ad—Chairlift’s...
Jan 25, 2012
Records
The Besnard Lakes : Volume 1
Enveloped in fog and suffused in a sinister, unwelcoming darkness, Volume 1 conjures a kind of futile promise—the tentative hint...
Jan 25, 2012
Tracks
The Balconies: "Kill Count"
It was always only a matter of time before the Balconies stumbled upon a breakout single, and though it took...
Jan 24, 2012
Tracks
Kingsley Flood: "Mannequin Man"
Kingsley Flood, the only folk band in living history to feature a genuine ex-diplomat, are back with a political edge...
Jan 24, 2012
Tracks
Heroin in Tahiti: "Ex-Giants On Dope"
Songs about the Polynesian drug ring rarely catch on, which is why Heroin in Tahiti subvert all expectations by playing...
Jan 23, 2012
Tracks
The Magnetic Fields: "Andrew in Drag"
Lately, I’ve been listening a lot to the 6ths’ Wasps’ Nests (1995), a Stephin Merritt collaboration made in ’90s heaven...
Jan 21, 2012
Tracks
The Shins: "Simple Song"
By March, when Port of Morrow is released, it will have been five years since Wincing the Night Away (2007)...
Jan 18, 2012