Friday, May 25 2012
The Raveonettes: Into the Night
The Danish duo return to form and deliver some of their most compelling material in recent memory.
Jean-luc Fafchamps: KDGhZ2SA, a Six-Letter Sufi Word
New music endeavor recalls Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies or Sufjan Stevens's 50 States Project.
Estrogen Highs: Irrelevant Future
Estrogen Highs likes to switch back and forth between straight-ahead punk and power-pop. This would be a cool idea if Estrogen Highs were any good at playing power-pop. They aren't.
Thursday, May 24 2012
Craft Spells: Gallery
It's a shame Justin Vallesteros went back to recording solo, because touring showed us that he plays best when he plays with others.
Bastille: Other People’s Heartache EP
Other People's Heartache EP, a beautiful collection of covers, could end up not just being one of the year's best mixtapes but one of the year's best recordings as well.
Tuesday, May 22 2012
Josephine Foster and the Victor Herrero Band: Perlas
Simply stunning retelling of traditional Spanish folkloric music by Josephine Foster and the Victor Herrero Band.
Monday, May 21 2012
Hope For Agoldensummer: Life Inside the Body
The Campbells can sing, that's for sure, but often on this record, they end up sticking too close to home.
Scout: All Those Relays
While not a revelatory statement from an artist who has been quiet for far too long, those who’ve followed Scout will be nevertheless just simply happy to have this one-woman band back.
Tuesday, May 15 2012
Stephane Wrembel: Origins
As impressive as Wrembel's playing is here, it doesn't always translate into arresting songs.
Strawberry Whiplash: Hits in the Car
Falling in and out of love sounds perfectly lovely with Strawberry Whiplash.
Salva & Grenier: Wake the Dead b/w Forest Floor
Touching on the most conventional aspects of EDM and Americanized dubstep, both Salva and Grenier fail to find a spark.
Monday, May 14 2012
Black Tambourine: OneTwoThreeFour EP
The OneTwoThreeFour EP sounds like a band that never went on a rather lengthy hiatus, and they take some iconic material and make it their own.
The Beautiful Sunsets: Coalminers & Moonshiners
Recorded as an extension of the band At the Spine, the Beautiful Sunsets' full-length proves to be more than worth the separate division in the project.
Friday, May 11 2012
Alice and Michi: Strange Bloom
Fuzzy electronica, overlaid with lush vocal harmonies leads to a beautifully realised album.
