STAFF PICKS kimber – beirut lindsay – low, petite noir dario – beirut jeff – petite noir, empress of   THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES   Beirut – No No No CD (4AD) “Finding a new love sparked the creativity and songwriting that went into the making of No No No. Condon and his bandmates, bassist Paul […]

Congratulations to Shelby Johnson, the winner of our Beach House Depression Cherry review contest! All of the reviews submitted were delightful and entertaining to read but unfortunately, we could only pick one winner. Shelby’s review stood out as very intimate and heartfelt. She managed to describe the finer points of the album in a very non-literal, yet […]

The fine folks at Sub Pop Records were nice enough to send us a very limited edition, White Vinyl copy of Beach House’s newest release Depression, as well as two limited posters. We always like to see prizes like this go to true fans. So we’re going to put you to work! Being a true fan, […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – la luz lindsay – iris dement, la luz dario – heather woods broderick jeff – mac demarco, mewithoutyou   THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES   Deaf Wish – Pain CD/LP+MP3 (Sub Pop) Pain is a miraculously dissonant, wonderfully immediate display of Deaf Wish at their mightiest, alive with the same wild chemistry and […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – sonic youth lindsay – ducktails, jessie jones dario – vinyl williams jeff – vinyl williams,   THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES   Kasey Chambers – Bittersweet CD (Sugar Hill) Pulling together a superb studio band to record the album, Bittersweetfeatures Bernard Fanning on acoustic guitar, keyboard, piano, background vocals and lead vocals on the title track; […]