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Record Review - Phoenix - New Music
on Jun 3, 2009Artist: Phoenix Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Released: May 25, 2009 Label: V2 Records Okay, so you know how MGMT just exploded last year? With that album that was pretty average? Well yeah, this is a lot better and in the similar Alternative Ele...
Record Review - Grizzly Bear - New Music
on Jun 3, 2009 in Album: Artist: Grizzly BearAlbum: VeckatimestReleased: May 26, 2009Label: WarpI genuinely believe this to be the best album released during my musical consciousness. In terms of meeting and completely obliterating my already soaring expectations. I was expe...
Record Review - Swan Lake - New Music
on Mar 1, 2009Artist: Swan Lake Album: Enemy Mine Released: March 24, 2009 Label: Jagjaguwar Swan Lake, the wonderful indie 'supergroup' are back with a second album entitled Enemy Mines. Composed of Spencer Krug (of Wolf Parade, Frog Eyes and Sunset Rubdown fame...
Record Review - Neko Case - New Music
on Mar 1, 2009Artist: Neko Case Album: Middle Cyclone Released: March 3rd, 2009 Label: ANTI Neko Case makes lovely music. She is distinctly American, and normally that would not be such a good thing for a solo female artist. However, this album is the f...
Record Review - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - New Music
on Mar 1, 2009Artist: The Pains Of Being Pure At HeartAlbum: The Pains Of Being Pure At HeartReleased: 3rd Feb, 2009Label: SlumberlandI've been meaning to write this post for absolutely ages. The best new band of 2009 so far are without doubt The Pains Of Being Pu...
New Video - Death Cab For Cutie
on Feb 26, 2009This is the video for Grapevine Fires from the fairly well executed, if a little drab, last DCFC album. It features nice animation of some rather cataclysmic events. Grapevine Fires...