February 2012
9 posts
22 tags
TRUST - TRST
Trust
TRST
8.6/10
iPod Worthy
Trust are a small Canadian duo that have pretty much perfected a version of synth pop that makes me feel things I want to...
17 tags
PERFUME GENIUS - PUT YOUR BACK N 2 IT
Perfume Genius
Put Your Back N 2 It
8.5/10
iPod Worthy
There has yet to be a Gay Album; a record made by a gay artist that really encapsulates what it is to be gay and...
16 tags
SLEIGH BELLS - REIGN OF TERROR
Sleigh Bells
Reign of Terror
8.2/10
iPod Worthy
It feels like it was just yesterday that the noise pop Brooklyn based duo, Sleigh Bells, dropped their highly anticipated...
20 tags
TENNIS - YOUNG AND OLD
Tennis
Young and Old
7.7/10
Recommend
After only a year and one month after Tennis released their debut album Cape Dory the Denver trio return with their...
23 tags
ISLANDS - A SLEEP & A FORGETTING
Islands
A Sleep & A Forgetting
5.4/10
Sigh. This isn’t what I want to do to my poor Islands. The canadian rock band that gave us the magnificent Return to the Sea. Sure, Arm’s Way was a slight misstep but even so —...
20 tags
AIR - LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE
Air
Le Voyage Dans La Lune
7.5/10
Recommend
I always enjoy Air albums. I even found myself playing 2009’s Love 2 quite a bit. But I think the French band is most...
19 tags
OF MONTREAL - PARALYTIC STALKS
of Montreal
Paralytic Stalks
4.3/10
Recycling Bin
Man. It really pains me to say this but the eleventh of Montreal album is really, really bad. It’s...
27 tags
LINDSTROM - SIX CUPS OF REBEL
Lindstrøm
Six Cups of Rebel
6.9/10
Lindstrøm is a Norwegian producer and electronic musician and in 2009 Lindstrøm & Christabelle released Real Life is No Cool — an LP I still find myself coming back to thanks...
16 tags
LANA DEL REY - BORN TO DIE
Lana Del Rey
Born to Die
6.8/10
Why do people (love to) hate Lana Del Rey? I’ll try not to get into her back story in this review too much because by now I’m sure all of you have read all there is to read about Del Rey...