Atlas Sound-Logos


This is approximately a million times better than his last effort which, in all honesty, was really pretty unremarkable. In fact, it's pretty frustrating when a record that so clearly hinges on such uninspired fumbling around inside pro tools presets is given the degree of attention that 'Let the Blind' received. But I'm not bitter, and I'm happy to see that Bradford Cox is capable of a record that I not only don't find myself struggling to pay attention to, but actually find myself enjoying pretty thoroughly at times.










Burning Star Core-Challenger


C. Spencer Yeh is a motherfucker. Once upon a time I saw him with just a mic and one of those digitech rpx digital effects processors that pretty much anyone with an electric guitar in 1999 owned. Even then, he blew my mind into a million pieces. And every time I've heard him since, live or on record, be it methodically deconstructing violins on stage, or erecting massive, emotional batteries of droning melody I've been completely floored.

HIGHLY RECCOMMENDED!!!

Fujiya & Miyagi-Lightbulbs

Fight Bite-Emerald Eyes

Growing-All The Way


















Mount Eerie-Lost Wisdom






















Of Montreal-Skeletal Lamping




















Don Caballero-Punkgasm

Koushik-Out My Window

Chairlift-Does You Inspire You

Highly Reccommended!

Goa-3

The Walkmen-You & Me

Warmer Milks-Soft Walks

Wire-Object 47

Lucky Dragons-Dream Island Laughing Language

U.S. Girls-Introducing...


Like Grouper's deformed, ill-mannered twin most of the songs on U.S. Girls debut for SiltBreeze are a litany of contact mic'd sheet metal, pissed on drum machines, mangy phased out stabs of guitar filtered through the pinhole pricked ears of a practice amp, clattering and shrill two chord piano rumblings, and a frail, female caterwauling lost in a tactless soup of echo, moaning torch songs above the hiss of the tape.

Also, she is from Chicago and hopefully going to play a show with me a Subterrannean relatively soon.

Women-Women

Sic Alps-U.S. EZ

Tape-Luminarium

The Studio-Yearbook 2

Poor Air France, everytime they try to put something out The Studio come along and do the same thing but better. this is personally one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year, mainly because after listening to Yearbook 1 it became pretty apparent that these guys don't make mistakes. Forget 'In This Club', The Studio's cover of The Shout Out Loud's 'Impossible' IS your summer jam.

Fabulous Diamonds-s/t



The cover art alone renders this download-worthy.











V/A-Love Is Love



pretty concise compilation of African pop running from Ethiopia to Sierra Leone and ranging from r&b to highlife to acoustic guitar folk.

Brigitte Fontaine- Comme a la Radio (with AEC)

Celebration-The Modern Tribe

Brigitte Fontaine et Areski-L'incendie