Records
Junip: Fields
Junip is to Jose Gonzalez what the Whitest Boy Alive is to Erlend Øye: a near-funky way for a sleepy,...
Nov 23, 2010
Tracks
Wolf Parade: "Semi-Precious Stone" / "Agents of Love""
The “Semi-Precious Stone”/“Agents of Love” single finds our heroes where we left them on Expo 86: seething, yelping, sweating, and...
Nov 22, 2010
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Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West had to do him; and lo and behold, he has. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the most...
Nov 20, 2010
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Brian Eno: Small Craft on a Milk Sea
I tend to avoid reading comments when previewing new music, but with Soundcloud the comments pop up in sequence right...
Nov 20, 2010
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The Cotillionaires: Summer EP
“It’s goodtime party music,” said Joe matter-of-factly, and took another bite from his taco al pastor. He contemplated his answer...
Nov 20, 2010
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Ensemble Economique: Psychical
Described by its disseminator as “a total left-field BLAST of dark-synth radness,” Ensemble Economique’s second album might be the...
Nov 20, 2010
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Shearwater: Shearwater is ENRON
I’m about as big a Paul Rand fanatic as earthly possible, but seeing his ENRON logo—however charmingly hand-drawn in...
Nov 19, 2010
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Girls: Broken Dreams Club EP
The last fourteen months or so have been pretty strong for Girls. The band’s debut, Album (2009), got high praise...
Nov 19, 2010
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The Intelligence: Males
Lars Finberg declares/admits he’s an asshole—or something like it—when he begins Males with a song called “Bong Life” and then...
Nov 19, 2010