What is it about emotional rock that is so annoying and
frustrating? Unfortunately,
those feelings - those emotions - are
bound to come to the fore when listening to Black
Swan.
Toro Y Moi's latest full-length release, Causers of This, is one of the more spectacular entries
into a
growing movement that is occasionally referred to as ‘psych-(choose your
subgenre)’.
What if Queen went lo-fi?
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The feeling of both intimately sparse surroundings and elusive euphoria
is a concept very much central to The Besnard Lakes Are Roaring The
Night
You
have to give it to Washed Out for trying damn hard to create a new sound
that
is not confined to any past era or post-genre.
What is it about emotional rock that is so annoying and
frustrating? 
Toro Y Moi's latest full-length release, Causers of This
Returning with his signature twang, Jason Collett's
solo project shows its continued evolution with the release of his
fourth
album, Rat A Tat Tat.
If jazztronica takes off in 2010, White Hinterland is the
perfect example of how it can be done right.
Some bands I like to name-check, and one of them is Pavement.
The second album from the Icelandic collective is even cozier than their first.
Just because some alt-music is difficult to grasp, doesn't make it good - or bad.
