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Wavves
King of the Beach
Wavves drops his praised grimy guitar rebellion, opting instead for a Beach Boys-style lightness that softens the band's still-heavy beach-punk.
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Fjord Rowboat
Under Cover of Brightness
The Anglo New Wave revival has been revived by the likes of Fjord Rowboat.
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Jack Johnson
To the Sea
To The Sea
is not a great leap forward in any direction, but it shows Johnson at his most comfortable and at ease.
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These United States
What Lasts
Heightened hopes dash These United States' latest,
a good record that isn't the great one you were kind of expecting at this point.
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School of Seven Bells
Disconnect From Desire
A
good record and can hold up on its own, but big fans of
Alpinisms
are certainly going to hope that the next SVIIB record doesn't go even farther towards the mainstream.
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R.E.M.
Fables of the Reconstruction (Deluxe Edition)
The R.E.M. record most in need of a re-discovery gets its deluxe edition release.
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Picastro
Become Secret
Picastro simply continues Canada's impressive indie music legacy.
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Ra Ra Riot
The Orchard
Ra Ra Riot's head is in the clouds more than their feet are on the ground as they embrace the high & orchestral on
The Orchard
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The Scribblenauts
Low Light Turbulence EP
The two MCs and one DJ that make up this Boston based hip-hop trio don't reinvent the wheel on their recent EP.
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Kele
The Boxer
Bloc Party's Kele Okereke goes solo & gets worse than the worst of the declined Bloc Party.
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Blitzen Trapper
Destroyer of the Void
Indie-country/jam seems to have diminishing returns, even for Blitzen Trapper.
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The Choir
Burning Like the Midnight Sun
On
Burning Like the Midnight Sun
, The Choir soars with two Byrds.
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Like Pioneers
Piecemeal
Stems are reBound as the alt-country Like Pioneers.
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CocoRosie
Grey Oceans
Grey Oceans
is full of pretty melodies, interesting arrangements, and lyrics whose poetic depth is stronger than most in popular music of any kind.
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Hot Hot Heat
Future Breeds
The
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has not been kind to Hot Hot Heat - or, rather, they have not been kind to it.
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Pavement :
Quarantine the Past (The Best of Pavement)
Rad
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Joanna Newsom :
Have One On Me
9.8
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Hot Chip :
One Life Stand
9.3
4.
The Arcade Fire :
The Suburbs
9.1
5.
Owen Pallett :
Heartland
9.1
6.
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti :
Before Today
9.0
7.
Stars :
The Five Ghosts
8.9
8.
Bear In Heaven :
Beast Rest Forth Mouth
8.8
9.
Autolux :
Transit Transit
8.7
10.
CocoRosie :
Grey Oceans
8.7
Lowest Rated of the Year
1.
Field Music :
(Measure)
3.6
2.
Frog Eyes :
Paul's Tomb: A Triumph
3.7
3.
Cheese People :
Cheese People
3.8
4.
Heartsleeves :
Dirt & Water
4.0
5.
Kele :
The Boxer
4.2
6.
The Nico Blues :
Blame the Boredom, Blame the Basements
4.4
7.
Hot Hot Heat :
Future Breeds
5.1
8.
Athlete :
Black Swan
5.3
9.
Ghostkeeper :
Ghostkeeper
5.6
10.
The Silent League :
...but you've always been the caretaker
5.7
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Wavves
drops his praised grimy guitar rebellion, opting instead for a Beach Boys-style
lightness that softens the band's still-heavy beach-punk.
More...
The Anglo New Wave revival has been revived by the likes of Fjord Rowboat.
To
The Sea is
not a great leap forward in any direction, but it shows Johnson at his most
comfortable and at ease.
Heightened hopes dash These United States' latest,
A
The R.E.M. record most in need of a re-discovery gets its deluxe edition release.
Picastro simply
continues Canada's impressive indie music legacy.
Ra Ra Riot's head is in the clouds more than their feet are on the ground as they embrace the high & orchestral on The Orchard.
The two MCs and one DJ that make up this Boston based
hip-hop trio don't reinvent the wheel on their recent EP.
Bloc Party's Kele Okereke goes solo & gets worse than the worst of the declined Bloc Party.
Indie-country/jam seems to have diminishing returns, even for Blitzen Trapper.
On Burning Like the Midnight Sun, The Choir soars with
two Byrds.
Stems are reBound as the alt-country Like Pioneers.
Grey Oceans is full of pretty melodies, interesting
arrangements, and lyrics whose poetic depth is stronger than most in popular
music of any kind.
The Future has not been kind to Hot Hot Heat - or, rather, they have not been kind to it.
Andrew Whiteman is even harder to nail down, not that it matters, on his new, varied, short Apostle of Hustle release, Eats Darkness.