December 2010
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Sun Airway - Oh, Naoko
At the end of October Philadelphia-based electronic pop duo Sun Airway dropped their debut album, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier. The ten-track LP pushes beyond Sun Airway’s previous releases under the name A-Sides. “Sun Airway has hit on the sweet spot where infectious hooks and cerebral electronic pop intersect, pulling textural sound and pop songcraft into one.”...
November 2010
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Young Minds - Underground
Young Minds is a new solo-project out of Allston, Massachusetts. Recorded over the past month and a half in bedrooms and cars, Young Minds’ first release, Imago Demos is sweet five-song set. Full of smooth guitar riffs, drum machines and Jim’s always cool, airy vocals, Young Minds slides perfectly into darkening days of a fall turning winter.
Young Minds - Underground
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Delafé y las Flores Azules - Espíritu Santo
Back in March Barcelona’s Delafé y las Flores Azules (formerly Facto Delafé y las Flores Azules with Marc Barrachina) released their third full-length Vs. Las Trompetas de la Muerte. The 13-track record is Oscar D’Aniello and Helena Miquela’s first since Marc Barrachina left the band. As always, Delafé y las Flores Azules have crafted yet another wonderful mix of Spanish indie...
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Polock - Fireworks
Back in August Spanish indie rockers Polock released their first album Getting Down From The Trees. The Valencia natives’ ten-track full-length sounds at times like an old record by The Strokes or Arctic Monkeys, but what I couldn’t shake during my first listen through was how every song seems like it could easily be a tune off the next Phoenix album. Perhaps it’s the...
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White Wishes - Hold Your Hand
A few days ago I got my first taste of a new group out of Berlin, White Wishes. They still remain rather anonymous but I’ve gotten to know the two tracks off their single Hold Your Hand quite well. They’ve been on repeat, beating me over the head with the silky familiarity of Banana Phonetic’s cool riffs whilst tossing in laid-back vocals which I’m sure we’ll hear...