Tagged: recordreviews

The Flaming Lips Almost Killed Me: Gawd Only Knows

May 21, 11:00am MAGNET

Will repeated listening to the Flaming Lips' dark, depressing and intense new album drive you insane? MAGNET's Matthew Fritch aims to find out. Welcome to the Terrordome. If I were Wayne Coyne—and I am definitely not Wayne Coyne, because he would use a better pseudonym—I would begin this post with 40 seconds of synthesizer drone. [...]

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Pharaohs: Replicant Moods

May 21, 10:00am Inyourspeakers Media

Los Angeles quartet Pharaohs betray the mysticism that their name and record on the internet suggests for a set of jammy, retro-leaning acid house tunes. PHARAOHS - MIRACULOUS FEET (SILK045) [...]

• Pharaohs - F & M Suite
• PHARAOHS - MIRACULOUS FEET (SILK045)

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Artist:	Pharaohs
Title:	F & M Suite
Link Text:	7793_05_f_m_suite.mp3
File Name:	7793_05_f_m_suite.mp3
Year:	2013

Artist:	PHARAOHS
Title:	MIRACULOUS FEET (SILK045)
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Electronic

Blusher: 808 & Art Shakes

May 21, 10:00am Inyourspeakers Media

Blusher's 808 & Art Shakes contains just enough talent to be listenable, but not enough skill to make things exciting. Be My Girl [...]

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Big Black Delta: Big Black Delta

May 21, 9:30am Inyourspeakers Media

All in all, this album offers some uniquely modern takes on old aesthetics. It departs from a lot of the current synth-pop '80s revival today that simply mimics the old style: Big Black Delta is at least attempting to push the limits of that. [...]

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The Reverend Bleep Bloop: Tilt

May 21, 9:00am Inyourspeakers Media

Tilt isn’t the kind of album I see reeling in a lot of new EDM fans. It’s esoteric in a way – not as easily accessible as other dance music can be. [...]

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Noah and the Whale: Heart of Nowhere

May 21, 8:00am Inyourspeakers Media

Noah and the Whale's latest album doesn't try very hard to justify its existence. Heart of Nowhere feat. Anna Calvi [...]

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Alex Bleeker and the Freaks: How Far Away

May 20, 2:50pm Inyourspeakers Media

Real Estate spinoff Alex Bleeker and the Freaks offer a Woods-indebted collection of ramshackle power-pop and hazy jam band fare, stumbling on a few gems, but ultimately falling short of their potential. [...]

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Brazos: Saltwater

May 20, 2:45pm Inyourspeakers Media

Indie rock is a damn hard place in music to make a significant and lasting impression, not so much because of the lack of talent, but because it really feels like repetition of the same formula. [...]

• Brazos - "How the Ranks Was Won" (Official Audio)

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Artist:	Brazos
Title:	"How the Ranks Was Won" (Official Audio)
File Name:	SoundCloud

Big Farm: Big Farm

May 20, 2:35pm Inyourspeakers Media

Big Farm probably should have figured out that the combination of pointlessly shifting time signatures and less than slightly coherent lyrics is irritating to most listeners. 7753_03_03_salad_days.mp3 [...]

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Artist:	Big Farm
Link Text:	7753_03_03_salad_days.mp3
File Name:	7753_03_03_salad_days.mp3
Genre:	Contemporary Classical
Year:	2013

Way Yes: Tog Pebbles

May 20, 2:26pm Inyourspeakers Media

Way Yes establish their sound on their first full-length, Tog Pebbles. [...]

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Destroy This Place: Destroy This Place

May 20, 2:20pm Inyourspeakers Media

Destroy This Place release a razor-sharp self-titled LP. The most accurate description we’ve heard for the group so far is Popstache’s comment: “Think Fugazi meets Japandroids, with a double shot of indie-rock.” Yeah, add a sprinkle of ADHD-inflicted Foo Fighters on top and you’ve about got it. [...]

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Wavves: Afraid of Heights

May 19, 10:00am Inyourspeakers Media

Afraid of Heights shows Wavves growing up while still retaining the boyish charms that attracted us in the first place. Demon To Lean On [...]

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Wax Idols: Discipline and Desire

May 19, 9:30am Inyourspeakers Media

What makes Discipline and Desire more interesting than a simple gaunt-faced, wrist-slitting holiday is its variegation. You can’t just write Wax Idols off as another gloom band stuck in 1989. Obviously, there’s more going on here than first glance reveals. [...]

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Used Cassettes: They Were Individuals

May 19, 8:00am Inyourspeakers Media

Used Cassettes, five expats in Seoul, South Korea, traverse time and space to bring us two EPs in half a year (with an album already in the works) from half a world away. [...]

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Hervé: The Art of Disappearing

May 18, 9:00am Inyourspeakers Media

Hervé takes a chillwave approach with The Art Of Disappearing, a definite shift from his bass oriented work of the past. Hervé - Save Me (feat. Austra) [...]

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Teddy Killerz: Toys Riot

May 18, 8:30am Inyourspeakers Media

Teddy Killerz has developed a sound that has just enough restraint to broaden their audience. Teddy Killerz - Toys Riot [OWSLA] - out now! [...]

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Romero: Take The Potion

May 18, 8:00am Inyourspeakers Media

By any dictionary definition, Romero's Take The Potion is the right elixir for beard growth. In The Heather [...]

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Carousel Beach: Carousel Beach

May 17, 10:00am Inyourspeakers Media

Listening to Carousel Beach feels like a privilege because you get to witness the evolution of a genre that could have died out as quickly as it came alive. Phosphorescent Green [...]

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Coyote Kisses: Thundercolor EP

May 17, 9:30am Inyourspeakers Media

The most succinct way possible to describe the music of electronic duo Coyote Kisses is spacey, sci-fi inspired, '80s dub-step. Diving At Night [...]

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Mother Falcon: You Knew

May 17, 9:00am Inyourspeakers Media

With You Knew, the sophomore LP from Austin's Mother Falcon, the still-fledgling band flaps and glides, sometimes catching an updraft, but never quiet soaring. Pink Stallion [...]

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