The Radio Dept. State “I Don’t Need Love, I’ve Got My Band”
“I Don’t Need Love, I’ve Got My Band” sees Swedish band The Radio Dept. reissuing a compilation of two early EPs on their new label Just So Records.
Deerhunter Returns with 13-Minute “Timebends”
Bradford Cox has always been a fascinating character, and “Timebends” continues to cement him and Deerhunter as one of the most intriguing installments in indie music today.
Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains (Album Review)
Berman was known for lyrical prowess. He was the master at painting vivid pictures–happy, quirky, sad, heartbreaking–with this poetry and adding to it equally alluring instrumentation.
Crate Digging in Vancouver, BC: Neptoon, Audiopile, & Red Cat Records
This past weekend, I spent some time record shopping in Vancouver, BC. Visiting Vancouver sure beats dealing with the horrors of Seattle traffic. Plus, the exchange rate favors the US Dollar right now.
5 Songs by The Black Lips Better than “Odelia” (Their New Song)
Alright. So Black Lips are back with a new song called “Odelia”. And after a few listens, I’m not the biggest fan. So I devised an idea: let’s see if I can find 5 songs in my collection by Black Lips for you to listen to and enjoy more.
20 Years Later: The Cherubs EP by Arab Strap
I honestly believe cognitive dissonance exists in music. Post rock, in particular, is strife with this inner angst. Albeit not post rock, elements exist in “Pulled” off Arab Strap‘s Cherubs EP from 1999. And you can hear it: It’s a sound conveyed both in the instrumentation as well as in Aidan Moffat’s lyrics.
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Michael Kiwanuka: Hero (Video Review)
Michael Kiwanuka has a new album out this fall, and recently gave us a video for “Hero”. Let’s take a look…
Darlings Debut LP “Yeah I Know” 10-Year Anniversary Reissue
For its 10-year anniversary, and a few years after the band called it quits, Famous Class Records reissued “Yeah I Know” by Darlings as a highly limited 150-copy release on hand-poured colored wax.
“Days of the Bagnold Summer” by Belle & Sebastian
Could we be seeing a turning point for the band? (A band, mind you, that I would elevate to the claim of being within my top five bands of all time.) Hint: quite possibly.
Wolf Parade Shares New Song “Against the Day”
“Against the Day” is the band’s first new material since their 2017 LP Cry Cry Cry. In this post: hear the song, watch the video, and revisit their 2005 debut LP.
