Companion - Gold Panda
Dancy, chilled out post dubsetep, glitch-hop release from Gold Panda combines the three EPs. Not totally my thing but, through the superimposed record crackle, there is some definite innovation: especially in Quitters Raga (the best of the album)
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Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Even though it lacks the catchy hits, like ‘Flume’ and ‘Skinny lover’ of its predecessor, the epicness (is that even a word?) and yet subtle beauty of the eponymous second album from Bon Iver makes it, for me, a far superior work.
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Undersea EP - The Antlers
An interesting development from the Antlers, their new EP Undersea takes them in a much more atmospheric, ambient direction.
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We keep the beat… - Jonathan Boulet
An emotive explosion of sound: We Keep The Beat, Found The Sound, See The Need, Start The Heart is a tasteful mix of beautiful melody and unrestrained passion that will dominate my summer at least.
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It’s Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeah’s
Electronic indie dance-pop from 2009, a notoriously good year for music, It’s Blitz combines catchy beats and glittery synth with song writing and lyrics that perhaps lacks depth but nonetheless hits the spot.
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Live Another Yesterday - The Penelopes
The newest album from French electro-pop dance musicians ‘The Penelopes’ seems to me like a cross between ‘Air’ and ‘Neon Indian’ (with perhaps a little ‘S-Club 7’?)
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Feels - Animal Collective
Is the sixth studio-recorded album from Animal Collective boasting a much more rustic and free sound than their latest having guitarist Deakin and various ‘oh so indie’ sound altering techniques at their disposal.
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Good news for people who love bad news - Modest Mouse
Post-Punk/Post-Grunge music for people who like that sort of thing. This is the most well known and popular album of their discography mostly down to the mainstream success of Float On and Ocean Breathes Salty.
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Go tell fire to the Mountain - WU LYF
The debut from WU LYF, one of the latest indie sensations to come out of the Manchester alternative music scene, ‘Go tell fire to the Mountain’ is as raw as they come, not to say that it’s not without its charms.
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Two Dancers - The Wild Beasts
The Wild Beasts’ second studio album really is a triumph of modern indie, mixing power and energy with simple, clean sounding, rhythms means our ears are in for a treat.
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