The Death Set Worldwide Rating: 7.4/10 Recommended Tracks: 14, 6, 15, 7, 10, 12, 18 RiYL: Dan Deacon, Video Hippos, Best Fwends, The Mall The Death Set sound pretty much like what you’d come to expect from Baltimores recently emergent pop scene. Simple back-and-forth synth noises, rapid snare hits, distorted »
Our incredibly close friend Scout Niblett will be stopping by the Radio UTD studio TODAY (the 18th) at ~5:30PM stopped by Friday the 18th to: Play a couple songs from her new(esque) album This Fool Can Die Now, Answer a few questions about 90′s grunge, wearing a wig, and working »
Jim Noir Jim Noir Rating: 7.3/10 Recommended Tracks: 4, 6, 9 RIYL: Super Furry Animals, The Charlatans, Beach Boys, 70s Beatles, Donovan Jim Noir is a hole a sundry hole. And with his self-titled second album, he has made a nice continuation to his 2006 debut, Tower of Love. He »
The Microphones The Glow Pt. 2 Rating: 10.0/10.0 Recommended Tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18 RiYL: K Records, Organic sounds, Living things Originally released in 2001, The Glow Pt. 2 is the greatest album ever made. »
Tapes ‘n Tapes Walk it Off Rating: 6.2/10 Recommended Tracks: 2, 5, 6 RiYL: A mix of equal parts old Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire and Sunset Rubdown… Today’s lucky candidate for criticism is Minneapolis band Tapes ‘n Tapes. Did you know Laura Ingalls lived somewhere near Minneapolis? I think if »
1 MICROPHONES “The Glow, Pt. II” K 2 MAN MAN “Rabbit Habits” Anti 3 CRYSTAL CASTLES “Crystal Castles” Last Gang 4 TAPES ‘N TAPES “Walk It Off” XL Recordings-Beggars 5 CUT COPY “In Ghost Colours” Modular 6 …NUCLEAR FREE CITY “Businessmen And Ghosts” Deaf Dumb And Blind 7 RACONTEURS “Consolers »
Xiu Xiu Women as Lovers Rating: 8.2/10.0 Recommended Tracks: 1, 12, 4, 9, 7 RIYL: Dead Science, Parenthetical Girls, Mount Eerie but with true eerie By this album, I think Xiu Xiu has reached the point where those who love them are obsessed and those who hate them have lost »
Film School At RadioUTD That’s right! The bitchin’ Beggars band Film School will be spinning a guest DJ set today starting at 3pm! We’ll be playing their music for you lucky fellas until then! Don’t miss it! They’ll also be playing tonight at the Loft, opening for British Sea »
Neon Neon Stainless Style Rating: 7.0/10 Recommended tracks: 3, 4, 7, 9, 11 RiYL: Hercules & Love Affair, Super Furry Animals, Glass Candy Is it rap? Is it electropop? Is it just alternative? Well my friends, I don’t know. I do know that they’re hittin’ the ritz after I heard »
Foals Antidotes Rating: 7.0/10 Recommended Tracks: 2, 3, 9, 11, 14 RIYL: Battles, Klaxons, Hot Chip, Bloc Party When I first began listening to this album I was rather unimpressed. I wondered what crazy dog fight I had been thrown into with this review as I sat bewildered. The music »
