1. Grizzly Bear
Yellow House
MP3 | On a Neck, On a Spit
Recipients of the Monaco Award for Best Overall Album of 2006.
Writer: Rainer Maria Rilke
2. TV On The Radio
Return To Cookie Mountain
MP3 | Myspace
Recipients of the Monaco Award for Most Experimental Record Most Likely To Get Radio Play and the Monaco Award for Best Album […]
I think of all the contributors, I’m probably the most hopeless follower of the Kinsellas and company. I don’t really say this proudly, I wish I could approach every musical artist objectively, but jeezy kreezy I love almost everything those brothers touch, what can I say. So last summer when I found out […]
Scene: Andy Rantanan and James, in Relative Theory Records a little over a year ago:
A: Yeah, I’ve been listening to a lot of this band lately (points to an Okkervil River Album )
J: I haven’t heard of them, what’s it like?
A: Uhh…well do you like Bright Eyes?
J: Yeah, […]
The Slip
Eisenhower
Label: Bar/None
Release Date:11/07/2006
The Slip have been around for a healthy 8-10 years, mostly as a touring band, and have acquired a wealth of beautiful noise to share, and somebody has deemed them worthy of spilling a buck or two on them in a fully-loaded studio. Sounding reminiscent of a critical-darling mutant combining the […]
Tim Barry
Rivanna Junction
Label: Suburban Home
Release Date:11/21/2006
Tim Barry, front man for hardcore band Avail from Virginia’s very own Richmond, city of great bands, has put out a solo album that is definitely not “hardcore”, in the musical sense of the word. I’ve never listened to Avail’s stuff, so no comment, but Barry’s first solo album […]
Skygreen Leopards
Disciple of California
Label: Jagjaguwar
Release Date:10/24/2006
The more I listen to these songs the more they grow on me. At first the album seemed too simple and slow, the lyrical imagery too obtuse. But after a repeated spins the subtle craft revealed itself to me, fragilely spun together with a listening mindset of stoned […]
Sufjan Stevens
Songs For Christmas
Label: Asthmatic Kitty
Release Date:11/11/2006
Sufjan Stevens set out, much like his 50 state project, to encompass the spirit of Christmas. From 2001 to June of this year, Sufjan recorded traditional Christmas tunes like “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” “Joy to the World,” and “Silent Night” in addition to his own tunes like “Did […]
The Evens
Get Evens
Label: Dischord
Release Date:11/06/2006
Ian MacKaye (Fugazi and the legendary Minor Threat) and Amy Farina (The Warmers) come back with their second effort on Dischord records, Get Evens. What began in the vein of Fugazi going on hiatus has become a real band and something completely different for both artists involved. The Evens don’t sound […]
