Friday, October 3, 2008
Darker My Love - 2 (2008)
Psychedelic / Shoegaze / Retro Pop
Darker My Love seem to be set on recording a ’60s psych-rock primer for today’s indie kids and shoegaze holdouts: 2’s cloudy-behind-the-eyes lyrics, organ, and scuzzed out anthems galore will please fans of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and My Bloody Valentine simultaneously.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Rail - Rail (2008)
Jazz / Fusion / Post-Jazz / Experimental
Self-labeled “post-jazzers” Rail have a lot more in common with alt-rock and punk than they do with classic rock. Their self-titled is like jazz fusion without the boring wank and updated for the new millenium.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Starfucker - Starfucker (2008)
Synth Pop / Bitpop / Indie
The unfortunately named Starfucker play splendid, yummy synth-pop that comes out like Pinback with Nintendo controllers in place of guitars.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Audio Fiction - Audio Fiction (2008)
Retro Pop-Rock / ’80s Revival / Punk
Just in time for autumn, these ten summery tracks drip retro cool. Don’t worry, the really cool kind: Hendrixian octave guitar madness, double X chromosome swagger and Siouxsie peek-a-boos. Angelfish lovers rejoice.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Search/Rescue - The Compound (2008)
Pop / Rock / Indie
From the ashes of career industry-haters Acceptance and Gatsbys American Dream comes the straighten up, fly right, soaring pop of Search/Rescue—originally released on CD only in Japan.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Raein - Nati Da Altri Padri (2008)
Punk / Prog / Screamo / Experimental
Fans of heavy music with orchestral compositional technique will feel perfectly at home with this burst of spitfire prog-punk from Italian five-piece Raein.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Calexico - Carried to Dust (2008)
Frankenstein folk
- Victor Jara’s Hands
- Two Silver Trees
- The News About William
- Sarabande In Pencil Form
- Writer’s Minor Holiday
- Man Made Lake
- Inspiracion
- House Of Valparaiso
- Slowness
- Bend In The Road
- El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited)
- Fractured Air (Tornado Watch)
- Falling From Sleeves
- Red Blooms
- Contention City
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The American Dollar - A Memory Stream (2008)
Explosions At the Postal Service
- The Slow Wait Pt. 1
- The Slow Wait Pt. 2
- Call
- Bump
- Intermission
- Lights Dim
- Transcendence
- Our Hearts Are Read
- Anything You Synthesize
- We’re Hitting Everything
- Starscapes
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Dance Gavin Dance - Dance Gavin Dance (2008)
That’s no moon…
Alex English
Buffalo!
Me and Zoloft Get Along Fine
The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 3
Hot Water On Wool
Hot Water On Wool (Reprise)
Uneasy Hearts Weigh The Most (feat. Nic Newsham)
Caviar (feat. Chino Moreno)
Rock Solid (feat. Matt Geise)
Burning Down the Nicotine Armoire Pt. 2
Reprogramming Mental Preprogramming
Skyhook
People You Know
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