- The Long Blondes - Nostalgia Last.fm describes The Long Blondes as an art-rock band, but I think “art rock” is just a fancy way of saying “difficult to classify.” Indeed, t...
- Be Your Own Pet - Becky My favourite song for the next 5 minutes. Teenage girls fall out every day, and it’s always fraught with ridiculous drama. Be Your Own Pet take that anguish and turn it...
- Josh Ritter - Kathleen I’ve known about Josh in some capacity since he was a student at the Oberlin College Conservatory, having ditched his neuroscience degree for a major in folk music, muc...
- The Silent Years - Sharks TSY is from Detroit, MI. Their lead singer and guitarist has one the best male voices since Bradley Nowell. These are indie-pop songs with real substance. Click through a...
- Monolake - Remoteable It’s hard to pin down Robert Henke’s Monolake, genre-wise. Glitchy, ambient dub? Whatever you call it, it’s a good listen. “Remoteable” is from 200...
- Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries Fujiya & Miyagi aren’t Japanese (something they readily admit at one point in the album, “We were just pretending to be Japanese”), nor ar...
- Stars - Life 2: The Unhappy Ending Wow. That’s all I can really say about Stars. I tried to figure out some way to describe their style, but quickly realized my attempts fell short. Check them ...
- Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains I’ve been addicted to this record for the past 3 weeks. The Americana and Folk influences make me picture desolate ghost towns, lush forests, and silent, gl...
- Dragonette - The Boys (Calvin Harris cover) It’s hard not to think of London-based electro-pop group Dragonette as purveyors of great remix fodder, rather than a great act in their own right....