tuesday, april 21, 2015
NEW MUSIC: It's going to be a great year for fans of young psych bands embracing their dance-y side. See: Tame Impala's “Let It Happen” to Unknown Mortal Orchestra's killer “Multi-Love.” UMO gets even funkier on their latest single, "Can't Keep Checking My Phone." That plus new music from Girl Band, Alabama Shakes, Passion Pit, San Fermin, Built To Spill, Thee Oh Sees, Speedy Ortiz, Woods' member John Andrews & The Yawns, Phantogram, and more.
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ALBUMS
Girl Band – The Early Years | Girl Band was far and away my favorite act of SXSW 2015. The Early Years, the first stateside physical release for the Dublin four-piece, collects a handful of their raucous singles. It’s dance and noise coming together in an energetic blend of teeth-kicking-in rock that feels like the next big thing. The Line of Best Fit puts it pretty well: “It’s like Daft Punk playing at your house, then capturing, torturing and murdering everyone there.” Pitchfork notes, “Like the Girl Band name itself, the title of The Early Years is a silly joke—for one, the EP doesn’t even include the band’s earliest recordings and the period that it faux-nostalgically canonizes covers a mere 19-month span that ended just last summer. But the mercurial, combustible potential within suggests we may not be laughing at it for much longer.”
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Passion Pit – Kindred
Built To Spill – Untethered Moon
Various Artists – The Alchemist & Oh No Present Welcome to Los Santos | This Grand Theft Auto 5–inspired mix features Killer Mike, Phantogram, Wavves, Little Dragon, Ariel Pink, Action Bronson, Danny Brown, and more.
Squarepusher – Damogen Furies
Speedy Ortiz – Foil Deer
Wire – Wire
Great Lake Swimmers – A Forest of Arms
San Fermin – Jackrabbit
Dinner – Three EPs, 2012-2014
Stealing Sheep – Not Real
John Andrews & The Yawns – Bit by the Fang
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SONGS
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Can't Keep Checking My Phone
Thee Oh Sees – The Ceiling + Withered Hand
Urban Cone – Weekends
Girlpool – Before The World Was Big
U.S. Girls – Damn That Valley
Wolf Alice – Bros
SOAK – Blud
Air Traffic Controller – People Watching
Findlay – Wolfback
HOLYCHILD – Money All Around
Wild Beasts – Woebegone Wanderers II
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