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Album Review

Battles: Dross Glop Redux

April 26, 2012

The fourth and final album from the four-album Dross Glop arrived in the mail today. Featuring a bevy of remixes of various Battles’ tracks from the Gloss Drop release. What made me want to have this? I’m not really sure. I absolutely loved the album. And on occasion I’ve been known to enjoy a remix [...]

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Album Review: Sleepy Sun – Spine Hits (Stop Whatever You’re Doing And Go Buy This Album)

April 10, 2012

Artist: Sleepy Sun Album: Spine Hits Overall Rating: 8.3 Release Date: April 10 2012 Label: The End Records It’s no secret I’ve been a fan of this band for a while; their album “Fever” (May 2010) was a favorite of mine for quite some time, and I’ve talked about them a number of times over [...]

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Album Review: Wave Sleep Wave

March 29, 2012

Artist: Wave Sleep Wave Album: Self-Titled Overall Rating: 8.4 Release Date: March 27 2012 Label: Curb Cut Wave Sleep Wave is a Brooklyn duo centered around Jerry Adler (The Blam, Flugente) and drummer Yuval Lion (who was also in The Blam). Mixed and mastered by Blake Morgan, the band’s eponymous debut startles and shimmers, darts [...]

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Album Review: Grimes – Visions

March 2, 2012

Artist: Grimes Album: Visions Overall Rating: 7.9 Release Date: February 21 2012 Label: Arbutus (Canada) / 4AD (Elsewhere) If there’s a darling of the Canadian indie scene so far this year, Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) is probably it – though I’m a little hesitant to refer to her as darling, because she could probably kick [...]

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Album Review: The Wooden Sky – Every Child A Daughter Every Moon A Sun

February 29, 2012

Artist: The Wooden Sky Album: Every Child A Daughter Every Moon A Sun Overall Rating: 8.2 Release Date: February 28 2012 Label: Black Box Toronto’s The Wooden Sky actually formed back in 2003, but changed their name in 2007 from Friday Morning’s Regret to The Wooden Sky, which has stuck since. “Every Child A Daughter [...]

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EP Review: Young Liars – Homesick Future

February 23, 2012

Young Liars released their debut EP – “Homesick Future” – on Nettwerk earlier this week. Now, to be fair, it’s seven tracks, which is the one number for which I never know whether it should be an “EP”, or an “album”. Hell, Braids (who regulars will know I absolutely love) received enormous plaudits for their [...]

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Album Review: The Big Sleep – Nature Experiments / “Valentine” Video

February 15, 2012

Artist: The Big Sleep Album: Nature Experiments Overall Rating: 7.2 Release Date: January 31 2012 Label: French Kiss Brooklyn trio Big Sleep dropped their third full-length album “Nature Experiments” on January 31st (French Kiss). Formed in 2003, and previously known for mostly instrumental work, the band is comprised of Sonya Balchandani (bass/vox), Danny Barria (guitar/vox), [...]

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Album Review: North Highlands – Wild One

November 8, 2011

Artist: North Highlands Album: Wild One Overall Rating: 7.8 Release Date: October 18 2011 Label: n/a When I talked about Brooklyn’s North Highlands in early September, streaming the track “Benefits” and previewing the album, I discussed how I thought lead vocalist Brenda Malvini reminded me, at least vocally, of the Braids’ Raphaelle Standell-Preston. Turns out [...]