2012 was another fantastic year in music. It was once again horribly difficult to narrow down all the albums to just a top 25, but I managed. Without further ado, here they are: read more
by Scott on December 5th, 2012 - 12:57 AM § in Uncategorized
Songs For Your Pocket: Throwing Snow – Lingerwell
Simple beats and piano chords never combined to make a more delightful song. As the imitated crackles from an old vinyl add in atmosphere, “Lingerwell” plods along in its chill, danceable vibe, and somehow, the crackling actually works in this song. It doesn’t seem like a random pl[...]
Songs For Your Pocket: Sursauter – Waiting List (feat. Sea Oleena)
I’ve been sitting on this song for a while. Not entirely sure why. It seems like anything Charlotte Loseth, AKA Sea Oleena, touches turns gold. On “Waiting List”, Sursauter (Christopher Cook) accompanies her wistful vocals with atmospheric beeps and boops from varying synths, and a[...]
by Scott on August 1st, 2012 - 3:07 PM § in Uncategorized
Songs For Your Pocket: Caribou – She’s the One (Brokenchord Edit)
Many of us have a tendency to dismiss remixes. Too often, they sound the same, do little with the original, or it just seems like there’s an overflow of them for the single to which they’re attached. However, if there’s one thing the likes of Jamie xx and Son Lux have proved over t[...]
Songs For Your Pocket: The Jezabels – City Girl
Our consensus favorite album of 2011 just saw its official US Release a week or two ago, so we’re celebrating the occasion by posting what is probably our favorite track from it, “City Girl”. While the album as a whole is explosive, majestic, and all around incredible, perhaps no s[...]
Stream Two New Albums and Download One of Them
Two new albums are available for streaming online right now, and both are really good. First off, we have CFCF’s Exercises EP. Considerably different from his previous releases, Exercises relies primarily on gorgeous piano arrangements that meander through the EP. Synthesizers do make a[...]
by Scott on January 31st, 2012 - 2:52 PM § in Uncategorized
Songs For Your Pocket: Milo Mills – They Don’t Know
Dear Rihanna, This is how you sample the XX’s “Intro” and get away with it. Love, whatupv [via Indie R&B][...]