Posts Tagged ‘wild beasts’
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MP3s: Que? Zoo and Dr. Skull
Que? Zoo and Dr. Skull is the alias for Philly-based Brandon Seawell, who recorded the six songs on Days At the Zoo in his bedroom "with two microphones, a mixer from the Back To the Future era, and my laptop." Three songs from...
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Woman’s Hour
When The xx won the Mercury Prize in 2010, the UK knew they had a winner. When “Shelter” became a pivotal track to feature on mixed CDs everywhere, there was a real sense that an alternative and edgy group had prope...
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Best Albums of 2011: #20 to #11
The top twenty commences. What phenomenal albums lead up to the top ten? Come and take a look.
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Video: Wu Lyf – “We Bros”
WU LYF and director Sam Pilling just released the music video for “We Bros”, one of the highlights off their 2011 debut Go Tell Fire to the Mountain. The direction actually isn’t too far off from Levi’s ...
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NewVillager – New Villager (2011)
During their live performances, the highly exuberant NewVillager produce visuals as colorful and memorable as their tightly infectious songs. They're just as successful in the studio. Their full-length debut is a fantastic and ...
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Warm Speakers
The stripped-down sound of Warm Speakers provides an excellent example of modern-day bedroom pop. Long Island native Patrick Berlinquette follows in the footsteps of names like Washed Out, Neon Indian, and Toro y Moi in craftin...
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The Antlers – Burst Apart (2011)
The Antlers’ previous release, Hospice, was so emotionally stirring that listeners felt personally close to frontman Peter Silberman, like he was a longtime friend or accomplice. It’s easy to account for this attachment, as ban...
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Her Vanished Grace
Continuing with the recent theme of atmospheric pop music that Washed Out and Neon Indian showed us, Her Vanished Grace deliver a similar sort of layer-based sereneness that differentiates itself through dark and moody Brit-roc...
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Obscure Sound: Best of July 2009
First off, I want to apologize for the server difficulties this site has experienced the past week or so. Obscure Sound was apparently taking up too many resources to be situated on my host’s server, so they temporarily d...
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