Records
Pale Air Singers: Pale Air Singers
Flemish Eye is just killing it right now. As if being Chad VanGaalen’s pop culture bullhorn wasn’t enough, last year...
Sep 15, 2009
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The Drums: Summertime! EP
Riding in like surfboys on a crystal blue peeler, New York’s the Drums glide across the Atlantic with the EP...
Sep 15, 2009
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East of the Wall: Farmer's Almanac
The driver turns his stereo up. A guitar comes on, tense, high pitched, and percolating—it sounds to him like it’s...
Sep 11, 2009
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Blind Pilot: 3 Rounds and a Sound
Skimming through thousands of press releases, one sheets, and publicity e-mails packed with burnished adjectives strung together five or six...
Aug 24, 2009
NBHcasts
V & VI
Enjoy thinking consolidated's ok to the sounds of: Za!, Nethers, Sharon Van Etten, Ty Segall, Smith Westerns, Renminbi, East of the Wall, Kid Sam... Aug 10, 2009
Tracks
Tiny Magnetic Pets: "Spaced"
Bands named after toys—can that one work? It might not be as colourful as the film named after toys (that’s...
Jul 13, 2009
Tracks
Hari & Aino: "A Considerate Kind of Home" / "Maple"
I am old and cynical. I hate promise and possibility, beautiful homes, and success, yet today, if only for a...
Jul 10, 2009
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Renminbi: Surface EP
Worldly elements are hot in New York City. Among the examples: David Longstreth’s guitar style is often compared to King...
Jul 10, 2009
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Musiconspiracy: Do I the In?
I have to say, that name is just fucking terrible, but ok, let’s go with it. If conspiracies are about...
Jun 12, 2009