January 2012
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First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
The second full length album of the Swedish sister act First Aid Kit (out Jan. 24th), has already hit iTunes. A band which gained notoriety through their cover of Fleet Foxes’ “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song,” First Aid Kit’s new album The Lion’s Roar resembles Fleet Foxes’ heavily acoustic and harmonic style. Check out the music video for the album’s...
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La Sera - "Please Be My Third Eye"
La Sera, which is Katy Goodman’s (Vivian Girls) project for those of you who aren’t aware, has an album, Sees the Light, due out in late March via Hardly Art. This is just adds to all of the exciting news for albums coming out this year. La Sera’s self-titled, which came out last year, was certainly a doozy. Check out the single, “Please Be My Third Eye,” below and...
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Frankie Rose - "Know Me"
Frankie Rose has certainly had her hand in plenty of great bands - Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls, and Dum Dum Girls - as a drummer. In 2010 she released an album with the back band the Outs, which I haven’t listened to, but this track certainly has me scrambling to. As many have already noted, “Know Me,” which is the single to the album, Interstellar, due out in February, strays...
December 2011
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Noteworthy Albums from 2011
This isn’t a list of my top whatever albums from 2011. I think it gets a little old seeing Destroyer’s Kaputt, Real Estate’s Days, and Girls’ Father, Son, and Holy Ghost listed everywhere. They deserve it, for sure, but I want to spread the love a little bit.
Amen Dunes - Through Donkey Jaw
Many people complained about how this album ends. I often heard and read that...
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November 2011
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September 2011
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Don’t miss Hendrix’s own, Hoop Dreams,...