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New Listens 8/22 – 8/24: Joy Division, HOMESHAKE, Talking Heads
Two 70’s artists on entirely different ends of the rock spectrum, and a moody, chilled out modern-day indie record for today. Only feel like reading about music you think you might like? I get it. Use these links to jump to reviews on albums from Joy Division (Punk Rock), HOMESHAKE (Indie) and Talking Heads (Alternative Continue reading
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New Listens 8/19 – 8/21: Beach House, BADBADNOTGOOD, Genesis Owusu
A group really grabs it’s hold on me, jazz, and a bit of a chaotic album. Only feel like reading about music you think you might like? I get it. Use these links to jump to reviews on albums from Beach House (Dream Pop), BADBADNOTGOOD (Jazz) and Genesis Owusu (Alternative/Indie/R&B). Once Twice Melody – Beach Continue reading
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Hiding in Plain Sight – Drugdealer
Thank you Liam for another good rec. To all of you that read my blog – send me albums if you please. You see how many I’ve reviewed? That’s 136. I need 229 more. Feed me. Drugdealer is the brainchild of Michael Collins, LA based musician. What you can expect to find is groovy tunes, Continue reading
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Jinx – Crumb
Crumb has popped up on many a song radio (one of the best features on Spotify, let it be known!), figured I would give their record a spin. It ended up being, to me, an attempt at being Beach House in a less dream-poppy, more psych-rocky/indie (whatever indie means) way. Pretty lackluster, and vocals were Continue reading
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Mahal – Toro y Moi
The second Toro y Moi album to grace this blog, and perhaps not the last. Chaz’s most recent record is definitely a step in a different direction – though that is to be expected with his career arch, which has been chillwave to house to psych rock, back to house, and now this sort of Continue reading
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Comfortable Enough – Mac Ayres
Mac Ayres most recent release left me a bit disappointed. He did say ahead of time that the album would be pretty sad, and while that certainly didn’t help the cause, it was not the main culprit as to why this fell relatively flat for me. I just found it a bit boring and the Continue reading
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Mild High Club – Skiptracing
As previously said in my more recent Mild High Club review, I don’t think anything that Alex makes will top Skiptracing, which made me realize it had been quite a while since I had listening to that album, even though I love the songs. This album is good – clever songwriting, nice riffs, and an Continue reading
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French Kiwi Juice – FKJ
FKJ’s first release French Kiwi Juice is a groovy album filled with some fantastic showcases of the French artists multi-instrumental abilities. After listening to this, it’s clear why many say he is absolutely incredible to see live. It gets a little bit house-y to a fault at some points in the record, but overall, it’s Continue reading
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Going Going Gone – Mild High Club
A very nicely put together album showcasing the talents of a Chicago man named Alex (who that is!). I enjoyed this album, short and sweet, however it came with some of the pitfalls of his previous work – some really overly dissonant sounds for my ears, as well as some subpar singing. I don’t think Continue reading
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Collapsed in Sunbeams- Arlo Parks
British singer Arlo Parks is a new discovery for me. When I found out she was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy’s, it certainly made a lot of sense A) Why she was nominated and B) Why this didn’t put her on my radar, because I haven’t watched a Grammy’s show since Nam. Continue reading
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