Yacht rock, loft pop, indie cloud music, the best thing ever, whatever you want to call it, Destroyer’s new album Kaputt is probably one of the best albums to come out of 2011 so far. Taking a genre of music so ridiculous in nature and cheesy on so many levels, singer-songwriter Dan Bejar does it… Read the full article
Kata Rokkar’s Albums of 2010: 50-26
50. Sonny and the Sunsets – Tomorrow is Alright 2010 was a good year for straight forward beach rock that drifted with carefree lyrics and concepts. Tomorrow is Alright took the genre into a more humorous and psychedelic direction and the results were quite rewarding. Just try listening to Planet of Women and not smiling,… Read the full article
album review: Autolux – Transit Transit [2010]
Autolux – Transit Transit: It’s been six years since Autolux released the space-heavy debut, Future Perfect. The Autolux that people know and love haven’t evolved much though. This is made apparent once the second track, Census kicks in with that trademark intensity, as with track four, Supertoys. They are still dark as ever and way… Read the full article
album review: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs [2010]
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs: Such an enormous album shouldn’t be taken for granted. It’s lazy to say that The Suburbs, Arcade Fire’s third full length album, is overrated and overhyped. The amount of work put into this record is undeniable and the payoff is an album that speaks like non-other released in the past… Read the full article
album review: Andreya Triana – Lost Where I Belong [2010]
Andreya Triana – Lost Where I Belong: Produced by Simon Green, also know as the lounge downtempo artist, Bonobo, Lost Where I Belong is an ambitious and smokey journey into live jazz and minimum capacity venues. While Andreya has been known to work with modern day elctro-jazz artists such as Flying Lotus, Mr. Scruff, and… Read the full article
album review: Jigsaw Seen – Banana Foster [2010]
Jigsaw Seen – Banana Foster: I might be the wrong person to review this, but it was in my inbox this weekend, so here goes. Banana Foster is Jigsaw Seen’s latest album of light psychedelia with a dab of pop influence. And it’s dull as all hell. I will warn you, I am not a… Read the full article
