So, mind my horrible title but I didn't want to just put Sonic Youth. Well to the meat of this post my thoughts on their new album "The Eternal". At first I came into this album almost ready to hate it and push it off as just another album from a band that isn't that out there right now. And for some time this appeared to be true but than the true power of Sonic Youth became aware to me. The stayi
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The Eels, they seem to be one of those groups that are constantly coming out with albums and I constantly don't listen to them. That changed with their recent release called Hombre Lobo. If you don't know who they are then check out there wiki page cause I'm not here to give you a history lesson. Anyhow the new album in my opinion is totally not a good intro for a person new to the Eels. If you li
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Two suns, the the second album from Bat for Lashes recently released and despite my seeing that most reviewers enjoyed this album ladden with duality and all that concepty stuff I have problems. Yes the album has that duality feel but her lyrics aren't amazing and I don't think that's ever been the point with her or at least my reason for liking her. Her mainstay is her voice and the talented back
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So, Mirah recently released her fourth album (a)spera and while I'm a fan of her I'm dissapointed by this release. There's all the signature Mirah elements here, the harp and the bare backing to Mirah's great vocals but I feel like I've heard this all before on her two prior releases C'mon Miracle and Advissory Committee. Which is sad because I enjoyed those albums so much and now after a four yea
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So, listened to the new Fever Ray album which is the first release from Karin Andersson of The Knife. At first listen it sounded very much like the last Knife release "Silent Shout" but after a couple more listens I really dug into it and heard the differences. It's less layed than shout and Karin's vocals are more prevalent on this, heck they seem to be a focal point on this album. All in all I t
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