Some Great Records You Might Have Missed in 2007
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With post-punk sounds all the rage, why not channel Suicide but with a female vocalist? Like that hallowed electronic duo, Adult jaggedly saws through your veins with harsh synths and serrated beat...read more
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It happens. When you run a record store, you’re deluged with new CDs, many of which you never listen to (we should all have such problems, I know). Overwhelmed by it all, you end up focusing ...read more
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Before I rave about this spectacular solo record from Eric Copeland of Black Dice, let me confess that I am not the world’s biggest Black Dice fan. In fact, I really don’t care for them...read more
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Though the artwork for Sharp Teeth is off-putting, David Karsten Daniels’s music is quite the opposite: warm, tender and inviting. Sharp Teeth is the product of two years of work in an old barnho...read more
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This reissue of Department of Eagles’s 2003 album “The Whitey On The Moon UK” features Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear on vocals and guitars, and Fred Nicolaus on samples duty. The ...read more
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Shoegaze. Space rock. Trance rock. Dream pop. They’re back (see also: Asobi Seksu, Film School), and the trend continues with the Early Years, a London trio that adds Krautrock (specifically ...read more
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A sheer delight. Human Like a House is the debut from the San Francisco duo the Finches, and it’s folk pop at its very finest: melodic, warm and inviting. Singer-songwriter Carolyn Pennypacke...read more
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The first solo album from a member of the Strokes arrives like the unexpectedly charming sequel to a classic ‘80s movie: so lacking in pretension, completely underrated and awesomely enjoyabl...read more
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Get The Guests, the third proper album by Detroit’s finest, The High Strung, is so fantastic – so loaded with instant-classic melodies, sharply clever lyrics, and virtuosic playing, so high-ene...read more
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In the spirit of a true romantic, Michio Kurihara drew inspiration from watching the sun melt from orange into a black sea of shiny specks. In Sunset Notes each song is paired with his poetic scrib...read more
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Whenever the advance of this album has been played in the store – and that’s been often, because many of us love it – I have always exclaimed, “This is the way music should sound!”...read more
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This collaboration between two shining lights of underground music – dark-folk empress Nina Nastasia and one of the world’s finest percussionists, Jim White (of Dirty Three) – every bit lives...read more
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A Place To Bury Strangers claims to be “The Loudest Band in New York.” Whatever the case may be, they have at least captured that sense on their self-titled release, out on Killer Pimp Records....read more
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Formed over 10 years ago, this Seattle quartet has found its voice with the release of Sirs – a delightful mix of ‘60s psych pop, reminiscent of the Creation, Syd-era Pink Floyd, and ea...read more
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Offering catchy, edgy, folksy, and a wee melancholic pop, The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir debuts on the Bloodshot label with nine numbers befitting the recent colder temperatures. Like Belle & S...read more
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A wonderfully odd and offbeat record, the debut from Philadelphia’s A Sunny Day in Glasgow (you didn’t think they were from Glasgow, did you?) throws all the conventions of a pop album ...read more
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One of the finest debuts of 2007, Elvis Perkins’ Ash Wednesday is a lovely and haunting record, filled with tender and affectionate songs. It’s a sad record in many ways, as Perkins ...read more
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