Wednesday, May 22 2013
Bobby McFerrin: spirityouall
One of the finest American musical interpreters hits us where it counts with spirityouall ... the heart.
Julianna Barwick: Pacing
Barwick gives us another angle in her exploration of sound and instrumentation, of the connection between the player and their instrument, whatever that instrument may be.
Wake Owl: Wild Country EP
A fantastic folk-pop record with its biggest fault being it’s only five songs.
Thursday, May 16 2013
Wednesday, May 15 2013
Disappears: Kone EP
Chicago indie rockers top last year's solid Pre Language with the most suffocating, prickliest post-punk they can manage.
Steven Lugerner: For We Have Heard
For those who never considered the Old Testament to be subtle enough, For We Have Heard may help.
Michelle Stewart: Sands of Time
She’s dreaming about flying away before the sun rises, being a passenger in time, and traveling to a new place, and such, because no matter where she is or goes, she is already centered -- or left of centered in that blood-pumping organ Stewart calls her “red, red heart".
Tuesday, May 14 2013
The Orange Peels: Sun Moon
Sun Moon is a superb collection of songs that will want you to head out in your muscle car on a sunny summer day with the windows down and the tunes flowing out of the stereo.
Marquis De Tren & Bonny Billy: Solemns
Solemns' virtue comes in its unassuming nature, in how it feels like a glimpse into an inspired moment between musical friends.
Vampire Lezbos: Vampire Lezbos
Vampire Lezbos serves to remind us that there might still be a few pieces of hardcore history worthy of rediscovery.
Monday, May 13 2013
Human Eye: 4: Into Unknown
Human Eye has been slowly building their name, and this record is their loudest shout for us to take them seriously. We should listen.
Fourth of July: Empty Moon
While it’s competent enough, Empty Moon is delivered largely with hardly a hint of emotion or alt-rock authenticity.
Miracles of Modern Science: MEEMS EP
A handful of blissful tracks that would have sounded right at home on the band’s full-length debut, 2011’s Dog Year.
2cellos: In2ition
They could have done something interesting with this idea, something exaggerated and unlovely.
Thursday, May 9 2013
Snapper: Snapper EP
Snapper's sound -- less jangly than the Clean, more fierce than the 3Ds -- is both of a piece with the Flying Nun aesthetic and utterly singular.
In the Valley Below: Hymnal EP
Stylish synths, cool atmosphere and great vocal interplay make the LA duo's debut EP a brilliant first step.
Barry Altschul: The 3dom Factor
Barry Altschul already helped make jazz history. Does he really need to do it again?
