LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
Just a few weeks ago my neighbors were (for whatever reason) blasting their gospel music at 10AM on a Sunday morning. It was WAY too loud so what exactly did I do? Well, I cranked up some LCD Soundsystem (I think it was probably “Losing My Edge”) and turned the bass way up and let (Read more…)
Matt & Kim – Sidewalks
It really took me a few listens to figure out how I felt about Sidewalks. I mean, Matt & Kim’s last album, Grand, was one of my favorites of last year, and for all it’s synthy indie-pop, there was still more than a wee bit of raucous punk attitude spilling from those tracks. Here, not (Read more…)
Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Letting Up Despite Great Faults
Letting Up Despite Great Faults is a band from LA whose ethereal and hazy M83 flavored indie-electro-pop will whisk you off to somewhere far from here or wherever it is you are. The band’s self-titled album finds languid guitars melding with lush buzzing synths and airy breathy vocals, creating what some might call a less-pop (Read more…)
Black Dice – Repo
I don’t think that there’s any question that the dudes in Black Dice are just trying to mess with us. I mean, their newest album Repo is filled with spastic electro-noise that whirrs, pulses, and screeches in an oddly organic way like it’s the soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic dance party. Just imagine an army of (Read more…)
