Tracks
Shawn Lee f/ Darondo: "Stay Away From Me"
Lately I’ve been on one of those cliché late-sixties/early-seventies kicks where one sits on the computer YouTubing the most obscure...
May 15, 2009
Records
The Intelligence: Fake Surfers
For this, the band’s fourth LP, which might seem for many an appropriate debut, the first noise out of Lars...
May 13, 2009
Records
Curren$y / The Cool Kids: This Ain't No Mixtape / Gone Fishing Mixtape
There’s a moment halfway through the first track on the new Curren$y record that forecasts perfectly the 70 minutes to...
May 13, 2009
Records
Hildur Guðnadóttir: Without Sinking
Cellos are creaky instruments in the most wonderful way.
May 13, 2009
Records
Woods: Songs of Shame
There’s a b-side kicking around that’s proof of how good this record could have been. On “The Dark,” the flipside...
May 13, 2009
Photo Ops
Azita / Destroyer :: 10 May 2009
Boogz kindly left out shots of the crowd’s visible disappointment when Dan played songs from Trouble in Dreams.
May 13, 2009
Tracks
Wye Oak: "Take It In"
Baltimore duo Wye Oak crafted a fantastic debut record last year—all restrained, crystalline guitar-pop with some seriously dark undercurrents, taken...
May 13, 2009
Tracks
Black Moth Super Rainbow: "Twin of Myself"
Few recordings released this year have been as immediately exciting as the teaser MP3 for Eating Us. In its two...
May 13, 2009
Records
Bell Orchestre: As Seen Through Windows
I’ve pinpointed the moments during which the surface-staid chamber rock band Bell Orchestre set themselves apart: the “Recording a Tunnel”...
May 11, 2009