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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

the Smith Westerns

In the world of music, 2011 has been a great year so far. Early in January The Smith westerns released their debut album "Dye it Blonde". The Chicago based group created an album of 10 ex melodic T.Rex influenced rock n roll songs. The highlight track from the album is "Weekend" which is lead by an enthusiastic and energetic guitar riff. and also check out the song "Dance Away" which explores the bands more Bowie influences and in spirit of the song title has a more dancey feel then the other songs on the album.

John Maus has also added to great sounds that have been coming out this past year. He recently released "we become pitiless censors of ourselves" in which the ex: Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti band member has created a landscape of 80's nostalgic sounds with waves of distortion and reverb. His music video for "Head for the Country" captures that same vibe of 80's style. One scene even shows Maus staring lost into an old television set that is playing the movie Robo-Cop. The highlight track is "Keep Pushing On" which begins with a stuttering synthesizer riff that sounds like music from an old super nintendo game withouth even blowing the dust out of the cartridge before. The song leads into a soaring chorus that sounds like something you might of heard before in the background of the breakfeast club. There are many other highlights on the album including the mezmerizing Streetlight, the hypnotic Believer, and joy division impersonation "Quantum Leap." Hurry up and check this guy out, see him live and buy his merchandise because he will probably have to get back to his Delorean with Marty and Doc any day now.

1. John Maus- we will become pitiless censors of ourselves- highlight tracks= Keep Pushing On, Quantum Leap, Believer
2. The Smith Westerns- dye it blonde- highlight tracks= Weekend, All Die young, Dance Away
3. Com Truise- galactic meltdown- highlight track= Air Cal
4. The Strokes- Angles-highlight tracks= Life is Simple in the Moonlight, Macchu Picchu, Games
5. Starfucker- Reptilians- highlight track=Mystery Cloud
6. Washed Out- Within and without= Eyes Be Closed
7. Curren$y- Weekend at Bernie's= This is the life
8. Tyler the Creator- Goblin - highlight track= She (featuring Frank Ocean)
9. The Horrors- Skying - highlight track= Moving further away
10. Toro y Moi- Underneath the Pine- highlight track= How I know
11. Magic Kids- Memphis-highlight track= Superball
12. Sebastian- Total- highlight track= Embody
13. Justice- Audio Video Disco- highlight track= Civilization
14. Teenage Badgirl- Backwash- highlight track= Keep Up With You
15. Pictureplane- Thee Physical- highlight track= Transgender

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Albums/Releases of 2010 so far...

Whitey- canned laughter, Ariel's haunted pink grafitti-Before Today, Gorillaz plastic Beach, Oriol Night and Day
Midnight juggernauts- The crystal axis, Siriusmo the plasterer of love, MGMT-Congratulations, Klaxons surfing the void,
Crystal Castles-II, Wavves-King of the beach, Tame Impala-Innerspeaker, Two Door Cinema Club- Tourist History,
Starfucker-Julius EP, FM attack-Astrowave EP, Flying Lotus-Cosmogramma, Delphic, Miami Horror-Moon Theory EP, Ratatat lp4, Grum-heartbeats, Mr. Oizo-Rubber EP, ....