"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
Now this is some trippy music: Lindsay Anne Powell, who records under the name Fielded, filled in the “Sounds Like” category of her MySpace page with just two words: “an incantation.”
Yup — an arcane and at times foreboding incantation. We frankly weren’t sure what to think after the first listen, but there something gripping and [...]
Plenty of hipster bands dabble in danceable electro formats, but few of them cite disco as a primary motivating factor. Rank Kisses among the few.
According to press notes, the Los Angeles duo of Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson draws on the influence of long-format instrumental disco, which the pair refracts into more concise songs with [...]
The Biters have a vintage sensibility: in keeping with the ethos of Motown and Stiff Records, the Atlanta quartet is less keen on releasing albums than on putting out a mess of singles and EPs.
They’re off to a good start: after releasing a five-song self-titled debut EP earlier this year, the band (one of them [...]
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 for [...]
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 “Doesn’t [...]
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 stories; [...]
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 percussion [...]
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 the [...]
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.
Amaker, a [...]
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 music [...]
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