glossary @ aquarius music hall, originally uploaded by minervacat. Two-sentence reviews of reasonably new albums I listened to in February: Surfer Blood — Astro Coast: I love this album and find all press about it to be vaguely irritating for no reason I could explain. But damn, this is a great rock and roll album….
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jason and the scorchers — halcyon times
the mighty ohio @ aquarius music hall, originally uploaded by minervacat. Jason & the Scorchers — Halcyon Times. Out 2/23, self-released. The genre descriptor “cowpunk” doesn’t get used as much now as it used to, I don’t think, which it is a shame only because it’s a great descriptor for a very specific sound that…
los campesinos! — romance is boring
drive-by truckers @ the lincoln, night one, originally uploaded by minervacat. Los Campesinos!, Romance Is Boring. Out 2/1, Arts & Crafts. Ooooh, such a pretentious hipster band, and yet I adore them — the hand claps, the fuzzy distorted guitar and thumping basslines, the charmingly twee vocals. They remind me a little of the aesthetic…
reckless kelly — somewhere in time
holy ghost tent revival @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. Reckless Kelly — Somewhere In Time. Out 2/8, Yep Roc Records. I was glad that I had a series of topical posts come up this week, because I’ve been dragging my feet on thinking about Reckless Kelly’s new release, which dropped Tuesday. I…
glossary — feral fire
glossary @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Glossary — Feral Fire. Out 2/2, Liberty & Lament. One of my favorite things about Glossary’s sound is the combination of the fuzzed out, grinding guitars with Todd Beene’s sleek, wailing pedal steel and Joey Kneiser’s voice, which might have a whiskey edge but not quite a…
tim barry — 28th & stonewall
tim barry @ the local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Tim Barry — 28th & Stonewall. Out 1/26, Suburban Home Records. This has been one of my hotly anticipated albums, since Suburban Home started posting press and information about it in the fall; shep. turned me on to Tim Barry last year, for which I…
beach house — teen dream
trekky records christmas at the cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Beach House — Teen Dream. Out 1/26, Sub Pop. Beach House makes this variety of stripped-down-but-not indie electro-dream-pop that I forget how much I love for long stretches of time. Wow, what a great opening, huh? Anyway: this is a great album. Drifty, vaguely haunting,…
woodpigeon — die stadt muzikanten
lost in the trees @ gerrard hall, originally uploaded by minervacat. Woodpigeon — Die Stadt Muzikanten. Out 1/12/2010, Boompa Records. Ah, the first mystery album of 2010 in my iTunes. Where did this come from? Why did I acquire it? Did I read a review of it somewhere? Did someone put a track on a…
single artist cover albums!
drive-by truckers two-night stand at the cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. This week at work I’m listening to a huge playlist on shuffle; songs rated four or five stars that I haven’t heard in three months. Today, Adam Sandler doing “Werewolves of London” kicked up, and it got me thinking. I love a good cover…
olin & the moon — terrible town
lucero @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Olin & the Moon — Terrible Town. Out 5/6/2009, self-released. I was turned on to Los Angeles-based indie rockers Olin & the Moon via a free download of their sophomore album, 40 Miles of Bad Road, on ninebullets.net last year. They straddle that line between indie rock…
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