Archive for the ‘Best New Release’ Category
What constitutes a real quality dream and separates it from the rest of subconscious sleep? “Drifting off the plane of reality,” or “sensation combination” typically resonate with me. Anthony Gonzales, M83 mastermind, crafts that feel over and over again in the much anticipated double album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. As »
Rating: 8.9/10 Recommended Tracks: Romance, Something Came Over Me, Future Crimes RiYL: Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Helium It would be criminally lazy to take Wild Flag’s debut album and pigeonhole it as just another step forward in female-oriented rock, in part because that would devalue the great strides made by female musicians »
Hey y’all. So as you may have noticed, Radio UTD has taken a bit of a hiatus this summer. So as a strong return back to the real blogging world, we want to share all the albums we would have blogged about during the summer if we weren’t busy »
Rating: 8.7 Recommended Tracks: Rubber, Holing Out, Stutter, Operation RiYL: Cloud Nothings, Dinosaur Jr., The Babies, Smith Westerns Stop and examine: Do you suddenly have strong urges to wear plaid? destroyed denim? Been catching yourself scouring eBay for Doc Martens? Did you just realize your hair is the »
Rating: 8.9/10 Recommended Tracks: 1, 4, 6 RIYL: Cloud Nothings, Girls, ELO, T-Rex From the opening fuzzed out keys and guitars of “Weekend”, it’s pretty clear what Smith Westerns have in store on their new album Dye it Blonde. It’s not a big jump from their garage rock influenced first »
RiYL: The Beatles, Kinks, Flaming Lips, Velvet Underground, Chopin, Elliot Smith Tracks: 3, 4, 5 Rating: 6.9/10 Revolver, the French band about whom the term ‘pop de chambre’ was coined, have released their first full length album, Music For A While. The album is full of folky guitars, cellos, and »
Artist: Crocodiles Album: Sleep Forever Reviewer: Joshua Welch Rating: 8.3 RIYL: Slowdive meets Neu! with tinges of garage rock Recommended Tracks: 1,2,6 San Diego-based duo, Crocodiles, definitely live up to their noise-pop designation. Their latest release on Fat Possum Records brings a shamelessly poppy, yet low-fidelity blend of psych rock, »
Vampire Weekend Contra Rating: 7.7/10.0 Recommended Tracks: 3, 4, 7 RiYL: You, Me, & Iowa; the Shins, The Dirty Projectors, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Contra, Vampire Weekends second studio album, has been highly anticipated and it really has come through for the fans. After the success of Vampire Weekends »
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Up from Below Rating: 9.1/10.0 Recommended tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 RiYL: Bon Iver’s instrumental work, the Beatles’ earlier stuff, the Dodos, Polyphonic Spree, southern charm. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have taken huge strides in »
Tap Tap Lanzafame Rating: 8.0/10.0 Recommended Tracks: 2, 1, 5, 11 RiYL: The Arcade Fire, Beach Boys, The Clean The reasons youre reading about this record and not another more recent one are worth mentioning up front: Im a loveable guy and Ive actually got a heads-up on a band »
