Records
Peter and Kerry: Clothes, Friends, Photos EP
With Peter Lyon’s ’80s Casio synth-pop loops and Kerry Leatham’s soulful, buxom vocals—fantastically similar to Mica Levi’s both in character...
May 05, 2011
Concerts
Big K.R.I.T. / Freddie Gibbs
Strange thing: in a night where Freddie Gibbs’ set was drawn to a frenzied pitch, and Young Jeezy strode out...
May 05, 2011
Tracks
Eleanor Friedberger: "My Mistakes"
Like a lot of listeners, I’m sure, I had all but given up on the siblings Friedberger. With the Fiery...
May 05, 2011
Tracks
Kyle Bobby Dunn: "Statuit"
Four albums in and Kyle Bobby Dunn still sounds like he’s been stiffed out of a film score contract. The...
May 05, 2011
Records
tUnE-yArDs: w h o k i l l
I had just turned on w h o k i l l—not an unusual scenario, considering that I’ve spent most...
May 03, 2011
Records
The Fresh & Onlys: Secret Walls EP
San Francisco’s the Fresh & Onlys sound instantly familiar. If they make the whole throwback thing work better than a...
May 03, 2011
Records
The Sea and Cake: The Moonlight Butterfly
With Luna effectively defunct, there is no longer any competition: the Sea and Cake are the greatest innocuous band in...
May 03, 2011
Records
Pantha du Prince: XI Versions of Black Noise
Mark and Chet identified This Bliss (2007) as an essential continuation of a tradition: the appropriation of spaces and voices;...
May 03, 2011
Tracks
Deerhunter: "Nosebleed"
Nobody seems to buy real singles anymore: a cute little 7”, a paper-sheathed cassette, an admittedly absurd slender CD single....
May 03, 2011