April was a good month for music, but it did provide a lull in what has been an incredible start to the new year. That being said, there are still quite a few albums worth checking out, and as much as I hate grouping recommendations into posts like this, other aspects of life are...
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March was another great month for music releases, and as much as I hate grouping recommendations into posts like this, other aspects of life are getting in the way of individual recommendations. These types of posts will have to serve as ‘better than nothing’ for the time being. Arliss Nancy – Simple Machines (Suburban...
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With only a couple EPs and a single under their belt, Swedish electronic pop duo Air France are calling it quits. According to a tumblr announcement, they just couldn’t create anything worthy of a follow-up to 2008′s No Way Down. Things that came easy in the past would come no more. It’s too bad,...
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February turned out to be a great month for music releases, and as much as I hate grouping recommendations into posts like this, other aspects of life are getting in the way of individual recommendations. These types of posts will have to serve as ‘better than nothing’ for the time being. Perfume Genius –...
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Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) first sparked my interest with 2010′s Halfaxa, became one of my favorite new artists with her daytime performance at FFF6 and left me wanting more with this year’s Darkbloom. According to GvB the wait will not be long for the next full length LP, Visions. What was originally slated for...
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Looking out my window on this crisp November morning, all the Fall colors have disappeared and left only a few survivors hanging from the naked trees in the neighborhood. Winter is upon us here in Denver, Colorado and those few hangers-on will be gone with the next storm. It’s a transitional time, out with...
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It was obvious before M83 took the stage at Neumos in Seattle last Sunday night that it was going to be an epic show. Having been lucky enough to catch their set at Fun Fun Fun fest the weekend before, I knew what to expect, but I couldn’t help but be blown away by...
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Gem Club – Breakers (Hardly Art, 2011) Beautiful. Cold. Haunting. Quiet. These are all words that accurately describe the debut full length from Somerville, MA‘s Gem Club. A collection of minimal, piano-driven compositions featuring Christopher Barnes‘ forlorn figures skating across the ice of an abandoned lake. Kristen Drymala thaws her frozen fingers on the...
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The Morning Clouds – Wasted Youth Blues (Lefse, 2011) Wasted Youth Blues is the debut EP from Colorado’s own Josh Wambeke (of Phineas Gage and Fell). His latest solo project, The Morning Clouds, is a dreamy, druggy affair that blends as well with the crispness of these autumn evenings as it does with the misty...
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Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation (Fat Possum, 2011) Bedroom projects are not usually known to have an immense amount of personality, so The Year of Hibernation acts as the exception that proves the rule. 22-year-old Trevor Powers is Youth Lagoon, but Youth Lagoon is only a part of Trevor Powers. The tracks...
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I am proposing a name swap. After seeing How To Dress Well and Active Child perform the same stage, in the same venue, in the same week, I believe it is Pat Grossi who knows how to dress well and Tom Krell who is the active child. I mean, c’mon…Krell is tall and lanky,...
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