Radiohead, In Rainbows
MGMT, Oracular Spectacular
Copy, Hair Guitar
Nightmares on Wax, Thought So…
Pacific!, Reveries
Whitest Boy Alive, Dreams
Albums
Albumen
Albums!
Beck
Modern Guilt
Modern Guilt
The Black Ghosts
The Black Ghosts
The Black Ghosts
The Hold Steady
Stay Positive
Stay Positive
Flying Lotus
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
MGMT
Oracular Spectacular
Oracular Spectacular
Midnight Juggernauts
Dystopia
Dystopia
Weekly Albums
Beck
Modern Guilt
Modern Guilt
Shine
The Common Station
The Common Station
Midnight Juggernauts
Dystopia
Dystopia
Flaming Lips
The Soft Bulletin
The Soft Bulletin
Zero 7
Simple Things
Simple Things
The Chemical Brothers
B-Sides Vol. 1
B-Sides Vol. 1
Summer Tunes
The Doors, Greatest Hits
Beck, Midnight Vultures
Slow Runner, Mermaids
AIR, Moon Safari
Sean Lennon, Friendly Fire
The Little Ones, Sing Song
Albums in My Car
Switches
Lay Down the Law
Lay Down the Law
Electric President
Sleep Well
Sleep Well
Calvin Harris
I Created Disco
I Created Disco
Headman
Catch Me
Catch Me
AmpLive
Rainydayz Remixes
Rainydayz Remixes
Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles
Electric President, Headman, The Pinker Tones
The forlorn, attractive delivery of this band’s gentle electronic sound will take you to instant nostalgic heights and new, somberly electric lows. Unyielding, steady percussion guides their newest release through labyrinthine verses and echoing choruses, rife with heartstring-pulling melodic ups and downs. Thoughtful, precise, yet utterly self-conscious swells will reach you on an extremely personal level, if you let them. I suggest you do.
If I could get away with just saying, this album is good: you won’t be disappointed, I would. Dancey arrangements, intelligent sequences, and a natural, practiced instrumentation wedge this album neatly in the all-things-dancefloor genre. Drawing from the common influences guiding the electronic/dance world right now, this album probably contains 11 viable singles (out of 13 tracks).
Capricious latin rhythms combine with quirky effects and instrumentation to be capped of with a whipped, hip-swaying funk. Their infectious sound will evolve slowly through your body, from toe-tapping, to head-nodding, to shoulder bouncing, to 100 calorie per minute burning hip gyrations. Sounds like a beautiful summer day street festival in high gear, complete with watermelon stands, round, brightly dressed and flirting women (I’m thinking early thirties), and the far and wee sounds of children playing in sprinklers.
May 27 - June 2
The Pinker Tones
Wild Animals
Wild Animals
Blank Blue
Western Water Music Vol. II
Western Water Music Vol. II
Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles
Ronald Jenkees
Ronald Jenkees
Ronald Jenkees
Easy Star All Stars
Until that Day EP
Until that Day EP
Mojib
Whimsical Lifestyle
Whimsical Lifestyle
May 17 - May 23
Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid
Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s, Dust of Retreat
Ratatat , Classics
Elvis Costello, Momofuku
Justice, Cross
Hot Chip, One Pure Thought EP
May 6 - May 13
Colin Meloy, Colin Meloy Sings Live!
Cassius, Au Reve
Apparet & Ellen Allien, Orchestra of Bubbles
Broken Social Scene, Spirit If
Smoosh, Free to Stay
VHS or Beta, Night on Fire
Cassius, Au Reve
Apparet & Ellen Allien, Orchestra of Bubbles
Broken Social Scene, Spirit If
Smoosh, Free to Stay
VHS or Beta, Night on Fire
April 23 - April 29
Ghostland Observatory, Robotique Majestique
Heavy Metal, Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Koop, Koop Islands
Radiohead, In Rainbows
Does it Offend You, Yeah?, You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Into
Matt Pond PA, Last Light
April 9 - April 15
Flying Lotus, 1983
Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles (Bonus Track Version)
Tokyo Police Club, Elephant Shell
Justice, Cross
Hot Chip, Coming on Strong
Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple