new favorite album // Of Montreal : “False Priest”
Of Montreal // “False Priest” : 2010.09.14 genre psych pop glam sounds like the album’s cover art. Saturday morning cartoon funk. Prince and Bowie on a date at a graffiti-covered soda fountain. notes higher production values does the band good. verdict if albums were rated on likelihood that Peter would sing along at top volume […]
new favorite album // Twin Shadow : “Forget”
Twin Shadow // “Forget” : 2010.10.19 genre neo romantic sounds like empty night clubs. a.m. radio hits in midnight offices. drinking coca-cola out of glass bottles in the land down under. mid-summer night motorbikes on tropical dirt roads. notes sounds so familiar and so alien at the same time—luscious, dirty and sleek—nostalgia for the future. verdict […]
new favorite album // Miniature Tigers : “Fortress”
Miniature Tigers // “Fortress” : 2010.07.27 genre power psych pop sounds like rainbow pianos on jungle beaches. Paul McCartney’s camp fires. Frontal lobe chemical cascades. Vanagons full of tambourines and kazoos. notes sounds like a good Morning Benders or Dr. Dog album in the same way Morning Benders or Dr. Dog sound like a good […]
new favorite album // Wild Nothing : “Gemini”
Wild Nothing // “Gemini” : 2010.05.25 genre jangle brit pop sounds like bike rides through fern forests. John Hughes proms. casettes from ’86. stargazing and sprinklers. Manchester alleys. May Day heat lightning. notes proving once again that derivative is not a bad thing. verdict blissfully in love. see also this superb Kate Bush cover
new favorite album // Wavves : “King of the Beach”
Wavves // “King of the Beach” : 2010.06.13 : Fat Possum genre psych pop power punk sounds like resting your head on the sea bed of nails. flight of the navigator space wars. bmx spraypaint. white album noise pop. supersonic sleighbells. helium high fives. notes if it takes a nervous breakdown to make an album […]
new favorite album // Tame Impala : “InnerSpeaker”
Tame Impala // “InnerSpeaker” : 2010.05.21 : Modular genre dream psych sounds like watercolors in space. Imagining all the people on soft acid. headphones and Eames rockers. polarized lenses on 3d glasses. manual transmissions. notes why do people complain that the singer sounds like John Lennon? Is that a bad thing? verdict addicted to this […]
new favorite album // Twin Sister : “Color Your Life” / “Alternates”
Twin Sister // “Color Your Life” / “Alternates” : 2010.03.30 genre avant folk pop sounds like philosophy on a cereal box and a walk on slippery rocks. ice cream on the sleeping porch. ghosts in the graveyard. fireflies at dusk. miniature light shows. notes these guys and gals are not only sharing their music, they’re […]
new favorite album // Pearl Harbor : “Something About the Chaparrals”
A sunny backyard of an ep by an adorable band.
new favorite album: Dr. Dog “Shame, Shame”
Dr. Dog // “Shame, Shame” : 2010.04.06 : Anti genre power jam pop sounds like lens flares on the beach. the back seat of a Vanagon road trip. dawn coffee outside a tent. oversized, indoor sunglasses. Dennis Wilson’s hypnagogic dreamscape. notes consistently good. despite their name. verdict fun. so much fun. it might be easy […]
new favorite album // Morning Benders : “Big Echo”
The Morning Benders // “Big Echo” : 2010.03.09 : Rough Trade genre power baroque sounds like wall of Roccoco. air conditioning and soft carpet. calling for the captain ashore. tea kettle whistles, water glass percussion and kitchen sink acoustics. a platter of ripe fruit. notes I don’t feel I’m being over the top when I […]
new favorite album: MGMT “Congratulations”
New album being released April 13 and currently streaming in its entirety on NPR.
new favorite album: Toro Y Moi “Causers of This”
Started listening to this last summer and I have a feeling it will hold strong through the coming summer as well.
new favorite album // Grizzly Bear : “Veckatimest”
grizzly bear veckatimest genre folk space pop sounds like gossamar architecture. prog rock angels. a massive mountain at sunset. playing in the church lawn. notes best album cover I’ve seen in a long time. verdict absolutely stunning masterpiece. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.2606204&w=425&h=350&fv=m%3D57767579%26type%3Dvideo%26a%3D0]