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:[...]
Archive for the ‘All’ Category
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[...]
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[...]
Songs For Your Pocket: Blackbird Blackbird – Tear
When he finished “Tear”, Mikey Maramag exclaimed that he’d “definitely just finished one of the best Blackbird Blackbird tracks yet!” He certainly does not disappoint. As a prolific artist in the chillwave scene, Blackbird Blackbird has once again produced a track that [...]
Photos: Beirut w/Laetitia Sadier @ The Pageant, St. Louis, 10/09/2011
Once again, it was a great concert. Laetitia Sadier was impressive enough with just her and her guitar that being alone on stage really wasn’t an issue. The crowd really enjoyed her set, and she had plenty of energy. Beirut’s set was a bunch of fun. They played mostly crowd favorites, wi[...]
Photos: Braids, Pepper Rabbit, and Painted Palms @ The Firebird, St. Louis, 10/06/2011
This show was fantastic. Especially Braids. Their musicianship was impeccable, the sound was incredible, and they had this somewhat timid and humble stage presence between songs that really suited them well, and contrasted nicely with the way they owned the stage during the songs. Quite possibly my [...]
Songs For Your Pocket: fort deClare – For My Father Fast Asleep
Our friends from fort deClare are back at it again, this time with an original song. Starting with the two of them singing over a peppy beat laid down on the drums, it then breaks down into a melancholy, piano driven section, featuring vocal solos from both members, first Reid, then Sam. The piano c[...]
Announcement About Album Reviews.
We’ve been noticing this year that we’re giving an awful lot of really high scores to albums. Due to the fact that we’re pretty much only reviewing albums we really love and quite frankly, it’s going to make the end of the year lists a bit confusing when certain albums that w[...]
Review: Balam Acab – Wander/Wonder
This year has been remarkable so far for the sheer number of top-tier albums that have been released. It’s truly incredible to think about how many albums are vying for the top spot right now, from James Blake’s Self-Titled, to Sleeplessness by Sea Oleena, to Albatross by Wild Beasts. Now, j[...]