Pop
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The UK’s Young Fathers have dropped some visuals for their reggae-infused track “Romance,” which came off the group’s recently reissued TAPE ONE. I reviewed it a while back very positively, and I’m still convinced it rules, but I’m patiently waiting to hear some kind of followup–
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Bamboo by A Beacon School A sweet-on-the-ears indie pop tune from A Beacon School, which is one of the groups that managed a feature on the Nutmeg State of Mind comp that I recently posted. On “Bamboo,” the vocals whisper, the drums dance, and there’s an awesomely weepy guitar
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This time around, the singer-songwriter duo known as Foxygen writes an album with much more focus and cohesion than 2011’s Take the Kids off Broadway. 21st Century Ambassadors is simply one neatly crafted retro pop jam after another. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On this new album, Toro Y Moi is able to maintain many of the grooves that have continually made this project interesting, but the newly added vocal samples, vocal experiments, and songs don’t go over well much of the time. WATCH THE REVIEW
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A tight piece of power pop from the guys in Cocktails via the track “Hey Winnie.” With some syncopated guitars and drums and swagger-filled verses, this track will rock your musical sweet tooth. The band has a self-titled EP coming out through Father Daughter Records on Feb. 12th.
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Stream: Low – “Just Make It Stop” Slowcore and indie rock titans Low are coming out with a new record on the 18th of March titled the Invisible Way. “Just Make It Stop” is the first track to drop from it, and it’s absolutely enthralling. I love the harmonized vocals
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Home recording artist Shugo Tokumaru is about to drop a new LP on Polyvinyl records on the 22nd of this month. In Focus? is the title, and “Katachi” is a cute little tune from it. It’s a smile-inducing piece of pop with zany instrumental accompaniment from what sounds like
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A music video from multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Kiran Leonard. The tune comes from the newly remixed and mastered version of his Bowler Hat Soup album. Give a full listen to the album here.
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CLASSICS WEEK: My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless. Even 20 years after its initial release, this album still thrives as one of the strangest auditory experiences in rock and pop. Kevin Shields and company truly came together with a sonically surreal album here that still has modern experimentalists intrigued. WATCH THE
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On her full-length debut, UK singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas shows off a great voice, a 6th sense for melody, and a lot of promise. WATCH THE REVIEW
