Another year comes to an end and with it another great collection of albums and amazing music! Which ones will stand the test of time? We shall see, but here are our picks for favorite albums of 2012!! As for the process, it was pretty simple. I just rounded up all our contributors and had them each send me their fave albums, then I combined them with mine and here's what we came up with in no particular order (except that maybe I tried to get the art works to match up [...]
Because at least two of you asked for it, here's the third part of my Top 25 Albums of 2012 . As I’ve said, I easily could have listed 50 releases, but I realized that half of those would have been albums that I only listen to when I’m in a particular mood. In other words, they’re not immediately accessible, and that to me knocks them down a notch. So, if you’re looking for 25 releases that you can immediately dive into and love, this is the place to be. Enjoy. [...]
"A refreshingly honest album that combines intelligent writing with addictive hooks..." Chad Valley | Young Hunger Hailing from picturesque city of Oxford, Hugo Manuel - better known as Chad Valley - is one of the leading proponents of the chillwave movement currently sweeping the music scene on both sides of the Atlantic. Cut from the same cloth as American artist Toro Y Moi, Manuel first set tongues wagging and ears twitching with the release of his self titled EP in June of this year. Not content to rest on his laurels, Manuel has collaborated [...]
Twin Shadow - Confess By Russell Warfield There’s a moment during the bridge to the pulsating and brilliant ‘Patience’ where you can actually hear the tightness of the guitarist’s jeans. So many artists – or, more accurately, the reviewers of so many artists – throw around words like ‘homage’, ‘throwback’ and, the worst offender, ‘nostalgia’ (guilty!) that it’s ironically refreshing when an artist like Twin Shadow comes along and wholly inhabits the era he’s invoking, never winking, not self-consciously mining the past, [...]
Twin Shadow - 'Confess' (UK Release: 9 July '12) // Words: Rajan Lakhani Twin Shadow ’s 'Confess' is even more rooted in the 80s than George Lewis Jnr ’s stunning debut. However, rather than another set of tasteful new wave, he embraces the decade’s musical spirit warts and all, including some of its more cheesy elements. The stop-gap single 'Changes' suggested a more optimistic and dance-oriented direction, as if the man [...]
As Twin Shadow , George Lewis Jr. digs into the pop-friendly realm of blistering self-assessment where the only obvious method is to pump out insanely engaging, dance-friendly numbers. Throughout Confess , listeners aren’t sure whether to root for Lewis or hope he’ll just stop investing in unrequited love. Regardless, his latest record sees him getting over his humble debut album, Forget , as an electronic star with a predisposition to bad decisions. Throughout Confess , he is thematically bound [...]
Twin Shadow brings some better production and a stronger new wave aesthetic on this sophomore album, but the songwriting and lyrics seem to slip. WATCH THE REVIEW
You can now stream the new album, Confess , from Twin Shadow . We have already heard the summer anthem, Five Seconds , now hear the the rest of what will be on several best of lists at the end of the year. The sophomore effort is out on July 10th through 4AD .
We're pretty impartial when it comes to the acts we post. But as favourites go, George Lewis Jnr , aka Mr. Twin Shadow is one of our favourite. So yeah, good news all round today as the man himself has unveiled plans for album #2 - Confess - as well as new track "Five Seconds". continue reading >>
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Dreams Come True is the debut solo work of Grizzly Bear affiliate Chris Taylor. Set for release on his own record label, the project (which will be accredited to his moniker, CANT ) features collaboration with George Lewis, Jr. of Twin Shadow . Stream the entire album here:
There has been a buzz going around the net for a while now, with Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor finally offering up some material from his solo project CANT. continue reading >>
The National return to Milwaukee's Riverside Theater on Tuesday, April 26th with The Pains of Being Pure At Heart and Twin Shadow (who join the bill from the previously announced show at Turner Hall Ballroom). General admission tickets are $29.50 and go on sale Friday, March 4th. Last year, the National's High Violet was one of our favorite albums of the year . The band also played two of our favorite concerts from last year as well. [...]
So 2010 is drawing to a close and the obligatory end-of-year lists are ten-a-penny. So what makes ours so special? Well...er...nothing really, but inspired by the notion that 'if you can’t beat em, join em’ we put our heads together to come up with our favourite albums of the year. Once the votes were in we put the results through the most powerful computer known to man...i.e. TJ chucked out the ones he didn’t like, and after the rest of us threw our toys out of the pram we eventually all made up over a mince pie and a bottle of [...]
Artist : Twin Shadow Hometown : Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Members : George Lewis Jr. Formed : 2009 Released : 2010 Genre : Indie, Electronic Label : Terrible Records, 4AD Singles : "Slow" [...]
If Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear is working on a album as a producer, you can normally expect a very good one, if not even a little masterpiece. And it really seems like he couldn't do anything wrong. This time he had the control over George Lewis Jr., better known as Twin Shadow , to produce his debut record Forget. Forget is not only a good record, but also another reason why 2010 is a great year in music, especially for that kind of music you can't just describe its genre. [...]
MP3s: Twin Shadow- Castles In the Snow Twin Shadow- I Can't Wait -
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This post is a "QuickPick". QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that's sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it's so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I "star" it in Gmail and then go back and listen to it a day later. If it's still as good as it was a day before then it goes up on the site, but sometimes I get backlogged and can't get through writing [...]
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