Three debuts make it into our next batch of albums of the year to date, although it's hard to think of Jack White's Blunderbluss in such terms after a wealth of different projects. It is his first solo excursion, though, and holds its own against the much talked about Ms Del Rey and not talked about enough alt-J. Throw in yet another exquisite effort from Chromatics and the sound of an Irish band truly coming of age and we're done for today. 10. Jack White - Blunderbuss [...]

Cuando Johnny Jewel se mudó de Texas a Portland no lo hizo pensando en que un día su nuevo hogar terminaría siendo asociado al hipsterismo y freakedad visibles de forma magistral en Portlandia (la serie de Fred Armisen y Carrie Brownstein). Probablemente el que Portland sea el "playground de los hipsters", como así lo considera Jewel, haya sido el detonador para que Chromatics creara uno de los discos más destacados de lo que va del año. Y es que Adam Miller, Johnny Jewel y Ruth Radelte, tenían que hacer frente a la expectación dejada [...]

2012 is quickly flying by, and with it, we've received some truly amazing albums. From the debut solo record by Jack White (weird right?) and 151a from Kishi Bashi to the return of The Shins and Fiona Apple , this year has been packed with wildly amazing music. Below, we give you our top 15 album of 2012 (so far). Of course, with today's release by Dirty Projectors and the recent Hot Chip album, this might barely reflect our final best of 2012 lists. Until then, though, [...]

Comienza el segundo semestre y es una buena oportunidad para hacer un pequeño recuento de lo que hemos escuchado este año, que a juzgar por los álbumes reseñados más abajo, no ha estado nada de mal. Aquí van los mejores 15 discos en lo que va del año, según el criterio de nuestros atentos colaboradores. 1. Lotus Plaza - Spooky action at a distance (Kranky) De alguna manera, Lotus Plaza es a Lockett Pundt lo que Atlas Sound a Bradford Cox. O [...]

GvsB II is only a few short weeks away ( July 28 ) at the Granada Theater here in Dallas. We'll have a limited number of shirts (pictured below) available at the show and free posters for the first 100 or so people through the door, but for those of you that can't make it, we're giving away 5 shirt + poster packs right here . Just leave your name and your favorite song of 2012 so far in the comments below + like us on facebook , and I'll pick [...]
Photography: Yiu Originally tagged as "ruined by Voxels", it most certainly isn't. Chromatics - Into The Black (Voxels Remix) Chromatics | Voxels

Korku, herhangi pahalı bir psikiyatristin söyleyeceği gibi, deprasyondan kaynaklanır, ama deprasyon, aynı psikiyatristin bir vizite ücreti daha ödeyerek yaptığınız ikinci ziyarette size söyleyeceği gibi, korkudan kaynaklanır.. "Truman Capote" Günün Dinleme Önerileri: - Divine Fits "My Love Is Real" - Chromatics "The Page" - Purity Rings "Obedear" - Four Tet "As Serious As Your Life" - The Jam "To Be Someone" Günün Filmi: Wim Wenders "Pina" (2011) [...]
Oporto, Portugal based production duo Pedro Chamorra and Pedro Pinto aka Voxels are back with an astonishing remix for Chromatics "Into The Black". If you're not familiarized with these guys, you should definitely check them out on Soundcloud. I might be responsible for not blogging them more often, but sometimes their productions aren't what we [...]

Cambio de trimestre y de estación. Para muchos llegan las vacaciones, otros continuarán con la rutina. Lo que parece que no varía durante este año es el constante flujo de nuevos discos. Así que antes de salir corriendo para coger sitio en primera línea de playa, aquí el Top5 de discos del segundo cuatrimestre del 2012. 5 discos que han estado sonando semana tras semana desde su lanzamiento durante 3 meses, y que de alguna forma u otra, han acabado siendo mi banda sonora. Os dejo con la lista, ya se dictará sentencia en diciembre, si [...]

photo via cubagallery We've hit the halfway point for 2012 and that can only mean it's time for our annual mid-year recap of the best albums of the year so far. Looking through my list of favorite albums, I've noticed a surprising dominance of guitar-oriented rock and folk music and a general lack of electronica (with Grimes, Hot Chip and Chromatics being the exceptions) . If you told me at the beginning of the year I'd have so many guitars and so few synths in my mid-year tallies, I may not have believed [...]
For those who still have not heard, Neon Indian is a Brooklyn based indie-electronic whose 2009 debut, 'Psychic Chasms', was widely praised by critics. To locate them in the current music stratosphere, let's say they are in line with the hip indie movement of the moments such as Com Truise, Purity Ring and so on. A few [...]

Zhasněte světla, zavřete okna, zatáhněte z části závěsy, nechte měkké měsíční světlo, aby prosvětlilo přítmí pokoje, vezměte si vaše oblíbené pití, pohodlně se posaďte do křesla, uvolněte se, zmáčkněte na ovladači play, zavřete oči a nechte se 90 minut unášet na vlnách vlastního filmu. I tak by se dal charakterizovat dojem z poslechu alba Kill For Love Oregonské kapely Chromatics . Johnny Jewel je hlavou i tělem Chromatics, který již na předchozí debutové desce Night Drive (2007) prokázal cit pro noirové synth-popové melodie a hypnotické filmové nálady. Není tedy [...]

A conversation regarding Trap that led to Sush1 (Japan) that led to Chromatic (New Zealand). Chromatic - Jaw Dropper Kimbra - Settle Down (Chromatic Remix) Sush1 - Anime

fm attack - mixed signals o.r.n. - small town boy (riddle park cut) desire - under your spell chromatics - running up that hill
Given Kill for Love 's aim of being a soundtrack to a theoretical movie, Drumless comes across more as a version of Kill for Love that's been censored and edited for basic cable television. The online music press has been heaping a staggering amount of adoration upon Chromatics' fourth release, Kill for Love. For the most part this obscene reverence has heightened the album to best of 2012 buzz, but some reviews, such as one appearing on British music site Drowned in Sound, have touted Kill for Love's first few tracks as some of [...]

The Best Albums: 01. The Tough Shits - S/T // Burger Records I've got nothing against The Japandroids, but I don't necessarily get all The Replacements comparisons. It wasn't loud messy guitars and anthemic choruses that made us fall for the Minneapolis band. The Mats were obnoxious dicks who purposely bombed shows just for the hell of it. Westerberg and company were hopeless underdogs with a comically poetic and always relatable sense of what it meant to be a kid, a loser, and just human. [...]

Download : Chromatics - Birds of Paradise (Nikos Toscani Remix) by KEEPREAL for creatives www.keepreal.org Chromatics - Birds of Paradise (Nikos Toscani Remix) Some more 19 June 2012 -- Maribou State - This Goes Under 28 May 2012 -- Dublin Aunts - No Holding Back 18 May 2012 -- Kenton Slash Demon - Matter 9 April 2012 [...]

Chromatics & Desire released a a gorgeous black & white artbook

Leave it to Johnny Jewel and his Italians Do It Better label to leave their fans mystified. On Monday, the elusive mastermind behind Chromatics and Desire mysteriously issued a second installment of his Black & White art book ( Black & White 1 was released in 2010.) The collection features hand-drawn sketches juxtaposed against the band's respective lyrics, with a greater focus on Chromatics' latest CoS Top Star-earning LP, Kill for Love . While there's no physical release date set, fans [...]
Se sei in mezzo al periodo più carico di lavoro della tua vita, finisci per trovarti in situazioni un po' strane. Tipo essere in ufficio da solo un lunedì sera d'Estate, con l'aria condizionata a palla mentre fuori ci sono trenta gradi, gli amici ti mandano messaggi chiedendoti se vai a fare l'aperitivo fuori e tu rispondi solo "NO" perchè tanto lo sanno che non hai tempo di essere più prolisso. Come l'intenso rapporto telefonico con la tizia della pizzeria d'asporto, che ogni votla che sente il nome dell'ufficio di sera sembra sinceramente dispiaciuta per il fatto che tu debba [...]