Top Sellers of the week ending July 6
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No longer giving their albums such terse and phonetic titles as Takk and Von, Sigur Ros has thrown us a nice little curve with its latest, Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (that’s the las...read more
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Since the release of Apologies to the Queen Mary in 2005, Wolf Parade fans have had plenty of albums from Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug’s other projects to keep us occupied (Sunset Rubdown, H...read more
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There’s something inherently compelling about a chorus of voices joined in song. Seattle’s Fleet Foxes join that sensibility—virtually everyone in the band lends a sizeable vocal contribu...read more
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Antony & the Johnsons fans, your hero Mr. Hegarty assumes a new identity here, lending his highly distinctive falsetto to a disco-y/house-y electronic outfit that might be the best thing DFA...read more
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It’s been a six-year wait between Notwist albums (fortunately we’ve had member Markus Acher’s Lali Puna project to tide us over), which is practically a generation in pop music te...read more
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The Silver Jews have been releasing charmingly askewed country-tinged records for some time now. Thankfully, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea is no exception. For the Silver Jews’ sixth record, ...read more
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No one but Portishead could pull something like this off. Think about it; one of the three or four definitive trip-hop groups in the 90’s puts out two albums that not only set up the genre bu...read more
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Counfoundingly, King Khan is at once the best kept secret and most prolific pillar of what we’ll just call “garage rock” for the last ten years. Releasing multiple records a year ...read more
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Like 2006’s The Letting Go, Will Oldham¹s most recent effort as Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is a slow, spare ramble; here, his song structures are even more extended, with sonics focus...read more
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The shape of punk to come? Obscured, misunderstood genius? Run-of-the-mill dude with an offensive band name? The music of Mephis madman Jay Reatard up to this point has offered more questions than ...read more
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Anybody expecting the new My Morning Jacket album to sound like the last My Morning Jacket has not been following the band’s career closely. They like taking chances. They like going for new ...read more
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The thing that makes No Age’s music so exciting is there’s really no precedent for it. Sure, from a distance they look like a two-piece punk band, playing fast music to hordes of excita...read more
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It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Jason Pierce’s storied Spiritualized, but he had a good excuse: a near-fatal encounter with pneumonia in 2005, which not only took its tol...read more
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It doesn’t hurt that the opening notes of “Time to Pretend” recall American Analog Set’s “The Postman.” Nor does it hurt that Dave Fridmann is on production duti...read more
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After seven years and four albums of basement-recorded trashcan blues rock, Akron Ohio’s favorite sons The Black Keys return with Attack & Release. The big deal being made about the new r...read more
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One of my absolute favorite records of the year, if not my favorite, the Crystal Castles’ remarkable self-titled debut is a dance record with a twist, mixing some jagged punk in between the d...read more
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Bay-area folkie collective Vetiver has returned from a prolonged silence with this stunning covers record. Bandleader Andy Cabic picked 12 songs by his favorite and most influential artists, includ...read more
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Every so often a ray of light emerges, rising above the strummy-strum of the indie-folk ghettos and crystallizing everything pure about simple American roots music with an approach that works perfe...read more
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M83’s move towards more vocals increases considerably and successfully thanks to new vocalist/keyboardist Morgan Kibby, not only because her breathy vocals are sexily intoxicating, but also f...read more
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How many bands can still deliver on their 14th album? (Studio album, at that, not even including live albums or collections?) Not many. Nick Cave continues his icon status with Bad Seeds in tow on ...read more
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