Six Great Music Things From The First Half Of 2011 That I Haven’t Already Written About
This album blows my mind every time I listen to it.
Washed Out – Within And Without (Sub Pop)
Music to make out to, I suppose. A collegiate version of Norah Jones.
John Maus – We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves (Upset The Rhythm)
This guy isn’t a PhD student for nothing.
Beyoncé – 4 (Columbia)
You may not hear a better heavy metal album all year than Beyoncé 4.
THE US REVIEW Kellies – Las Kellies (Fire)
This reverence towards the irreverent, making idols out of iconoclasts, is profoundly disturbing
You’re Transgressing All Over Me: Yet Another Collapse Board Manifesto
We propose that all print rags be blown up and all boring SEO lists never be read again
Various – Rave On Buddy Holly (Hear Music)
Dignity is just an obstacle that keeps you from reaching your full commercial potential.
White America Reacts to the Death of Clarence Clemons Pretty Much Exactly the Way You’d Expect It To
R.I.P. Clarence. You deserve to be remembered as more than a symbol. You deserve to be remembered as a man.
Bon Iver – Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
Bon Iver is hazier than you expect. It is lost and narcoticized, simultaneously desperate and asleep.
What the hell are we doing here? A Collapse Board manifesto of sorts.
We have a freedom that Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, daily and weekly papers lost a long time ago. The freedom to say whatever we want to say, however we want to say it.
