"The Winter of Mixed Drinks"
Frightened Rabbit
"The Suburbs"
Arcade Fire
"Soundtrack To The End"
Communist Daughter
"Crazy For You"
Best Coast
"Treats"
Sleigh Bells
"Silver Soul"
Beach House
"Little Secrets"
Passion Pit
"Unhinged"
Eels
"Black Smoke"
Tindersticks
OTHER PEOPLE’S SONGS – Volume One – Performed by Damien Jurado & Richard Swift by Richard Swift Things apparently went well when Damien Jurado enlisted Richard Swift to produce his new album, “Saint Barlett” — so well, in fact, that the pair has recorded “Other People’s Songs,” an album of covers they’re giving away online [...]
Having recently seen the Goodnight Loving share a bill with the Dex Romweber Duo, we can report that the Milwaukee band kicks ass live. In fact, we should have bought the vinyl as memento. Anyway, after giving away a track earlier this year, the Goodnight Loving is back with another free rootsy power-pop jam, called [...]
Although his departure was certainly a loss for the Hold Steady, it’s proven something of a productive bonanza for keyboard player Franz Nicolay. In addition to releasing last year’s “Major General,” his solo debut, Nicolay collaborated via his band Guignol with another group, Mischief Brew, on last year’s “Fight Dirty”; wrote a book of short [...]
Having just completed a high-profile tour opening for fellow Brooklynites MGMT, Violens is ready to focus on its debut album. “Amoral,” due Nov. 2 on Friendly Fire Recordings, mixes a slew of influences — the band cites ’60s psych-pop and thrash metal, among others — into a driving, slightly chilly post-punk sound packed with skittering [...]
Honestly? Blonde Redhead was one of those bands it took us a while to get into. With a new album out Sept. 14 on 4AD, though, we’re ready for the latest from Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace. “Penny Sparkle” is the New York trio’s first album in three years (not counting [...]
With a handful of exceptions — namely, Dave Grohl — outside projects from drummers in successful rock bands are usually a bad idea, and that includes Don Henley. And the Eagles, for that matter. It does not, however, include Radiohead’s Philip Selway. Selway knows the deal: “It’s a cardinal sin for drummers to come in [...]
We’re not ashamed: old-school and indie honky-tonk are a favorites at Listen, Dammit, world headquarters, and weird honky-tonk is even better. Not only do we love Those Darlins, we’re still digging on our pink-and-black vinyl reissue of “Texas Funeral” by Jon Wayne. They’ve got company now, in the form of Brent Amaker & the Rodeo. [...]
We know, we just referenced Bowie the other day, but he’s everywhere this year, including in the sound of Dominant Legs. The San Francisco duo — featuring Girls guitarist Ryan Lynch and new pal Hannah Hunt, a former architecture student Lynch met when she moved back to California from New York — makes dance-ready pop [...]
New York duo the Gay Blades won our hearts with its “Ghosts” LP, a collection of slightly unhinged, gloriously trashy rock tunes with titles like “Why Can’t I Grow a Beard?” and “Robots Can Fuck Your Shit Up.” Singer and guitarist James Dean Wells and drummer Quinn English return Oct. 5 with a more mature [...]
We hear a lot of songs at Listen, Dammit, but few are as immediately striking as “Bright One” by the Polyamorous Affair. The song is from “Strange Bedfellows,” the latest album from the nomadic duo, which currently splits time between Copenhagan and Berlin. What’s most striking to our ears is the contrast between the glossy, [...]
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