pitchforge: 6月 2011

More than a decade into her career, this Chicago-reared DJ and recording artist shows her formative house influence on a debut born in Buenos Aires.

Artist: Kate Simko

Album: Lights Out

Label: Hello?Repeat

Pitchfork 7.8

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Devout students of 1980s goth and industrial, the attention-getting L.A. duo strings together a hodge-podge of live takes on its first full-length release.

Artist: Tearist

Album: Living: 2009-Present

Label: Thin Wrist

Pitchfork 6.7

Former American Analog Set leader Andrew Kenny turns in a second solo set of clear, unadorned lessons about life and love. Matt Pond and Ben Gibbard guest.

Artist: The Wooden Birds

Album: Two Matchsticks

Label: Barsuk

Pitchfork 7.3

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treat your ear holes to this insanity, if you like this you might want to download higher quality version (FLAC APAC or 320kbps mp3 etc.) from their official bandcamp here by donating several bucks and save yourself some hypocrisy from donating to those earthquake victims or Hope Project

2011年6月28日星期二

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On their debut LP, this young band from Denmark mixes post-punk clang and goth atmosphere, serving it up with a massive dose of addictive energy.

Artist: Iceage

Album: New Brigade

Label: What's Your Rupture?

Pitchfork 8.4

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With Wolf Parade on indefinite hiatus,Dan Boeckner gives his full attention to Handsome Furs, and they craft their best album yet.

Artist: Handsome Furs

Album: Sound Kapital

Label: Sub Pop

Pitchfork 8.1

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A far cry from Delay's vocal-house project Luomo, Debut is nonetheless a surprisingly enveloping and immediately rewarding album.

Artist: Vladislav Delay Quartet

Album: Debut

Label: Honest Jon's

Pitchfork 7.2

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Following the addition of a second guitarist and a move to an actual studio, the Austin band's third album is its best-sounding yet, all groovy Texas psych.

Artist: White Denim

Album: D

Label: Downtown

Pitchfork 6.8

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With a fun-loving brand of lo-fi guitar pop, the Seattle band's promising eight-song album can stand beside the work of the indie-pop heroes of yesteryear.

Artist: Witch Gardens

Album: Alice, Agatha, Branch & Christ

Label: Self-Released

Pitchfork 7.2

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2011年6月27日星期一

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It's a more mature album with songs about the intricacies of relationships, but 4 has its share of stunning songs, many co-written by The-Dream.

Artist: Beyoncé

Album: 4

Label: Columbia

Pitchfork 8.0

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The UK duo's latest pairs breakthroughCrooks & Lovers' title track with two new ones, plus remixes from the bass-music and minimal techno realms.

Artist: Mount Kimbie

Album: Carbonated EP

Label: Hotflush

Pitchfork 6.8

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The one-time OutKast associate sounds comfortable in a more underground role and mixes sharp political observations with an appealing musical sense.

Artist: Killer Mike

Album: Pl3dge

Label: SMC

Pitchfork 8.0

The Icelandic composer's score for Bill Morrison's film about coal mining in northern England will not make a stellar accompaniment to your next barbecue.

Artist: Jóhann Jóhannsson

Album: The Miners' Hymns

Label: FatCat

Pitchfork 7.7

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The Oslo-based producer known for crisp space disco tries his hand at Gamelan-inspired ambient music.

Artist: diskJokke

Album: Sagara

Label:Smalltown Supersound

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After two fine EPs, the experimental hip-hop project helmed by former Digable Planets leader Ishmael Butler steps out with a brilliant full-length debut.

Artist: Shabazz Palaces

Album: Black Up

Label: Sub Pop

Pitchfork 8.8

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Fuck Buttons' Benjamin John Power offers his solo debut as Blanck Mass, working in a slower paced ambient vein to hypnotic effect.

I have dear sweet love for fuck futtons, so for this one

Artist: Blanck Mass

Album: Blanck Mass

Label: Rock Action

Pitchfork 7.7

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German electronic music veteran's second album is an elegant, eminently listenable blend of chirpy beats, homespun voices, and sighing keyboards.

Artist: Robag Wruhme

Album: Thora Vukk

Label: Pampa

Pitchfork 7.9

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On the follow up to her debut EP, Laurel Halo ditches conventional melody for dark, propulsive rhythms and lets her beats run wild.

Artist: Laurel Halo

Album: Hour Logic EP

Label: Hippos in Tanks

Pitchfork 5.8

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Tokyo Police Club's keyboardist makes his solo debut with a record of straightforward power-pop.

Artist: Graham Wright

Album: Shirts vs. Skins

Label: File Under: Music

Pitchfork 4.9

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2011年6月23日星期四

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The latest in the Suede reissue series show a band that remained creative and worthy in the wake of what could have been a fatal loss.

Artist: Suede

Album: Coming Up [Deluxe Edition] / Head Music [Deluxe Edition] / A New Morning [Deluxe Edition]

Label: Demon

Pitchfork 7.9 / 7.4 / 7.0

Meticulously written and arranged, the wistful Americana of the sophomore album from this Oklahoma group feels organic and lovingly crafted.

Artist: Other Lives

Album: Tamer Animals

Label: TBD

Pitchfork 7.4

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Bellafea's Heather McEntire leaves the spartan postpunk of that band in favor of more traditional folk, country, and gospel sounds on this new project.

Artist: Mount Moriah

Album: Mount Moriah

Label: Holidays for Quince

Pitchfork 7.8

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Duo behind the eclectic psych-pop group Lights offers this debut under its new moniker, rife with 70s power-pop, 80s sheen, and slack 90s rock.

Artist: Cliffie Swan

Album: Memories Come True

Label: Drag City

Pitchfork 7.3

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The Hamburg duo's sophomore album adds bromance to the blog-house of 2007 debut Idealism, a house-rock hybrid recalling Justice or Simian Mobile Disco.

Artist: Digitalism

Album: I Love You, Dude

Label: V2 / Downtown / Cooperative

Pitchfork 4.4

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2011年6月22日星期三

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These mysterious Mancunians craft a debut of exhilarating expanse and passion that sounds like indie rock and yet feels way bigger.

Artist: WU LYF

Album: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

Label: L Y F

Pitchfork 8.4

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Memphis rapper proves himself a conflicted thinker, with an outsider/insider perspective that merges the personal and the political.

Artist: Cities Aviv

Album: Digital Lows

Label: Self-Released

Pitchfork 7.5

Reissue of Matthew Barnes' pre-Dagger Paths work includes six early Forest Swords tracks, and the proceeds go to Red Cross tsunami relief.

Artist: Forest Swords

Album: Fjree Feather

Label: No Pain in Pop

Pitchfork 6.5

The New York space-rock explorers seek to capture a loud, exhilarating, and unhinged live show on their second Thrill Jockey album.

Artist: White Hills

Album: H–p1

Label: Thrill Jockey

Pitchfork 6.8

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Strut's new 2xCD compilation documents the rise of salsa, with key tracks by Willie Colón, Rubén Blades, Héctor Lavoe, and others.

Artist: Various Artists

Album: Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound of Latin New York

Label: Strut

Pitchfork 8.0

2011年6月21日星期二

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On its promising debut full-length, this Portland outfit mixes catchy psych-pop with a surprising and convincing undercurrent of funk.

Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Album: Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Label: Fat Possum

Pitchfork 8.1

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UK beat-fiddler's production shares plenty in common with Californians Flying Lotus and Daedelus, abounding in left turns and outré sounds.

Artist: Young Montana

Album: Limerence

Label: Alpha Pup

Pitchfork 7.5

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Art-folk group's debut plays upon the disparities between ambient and rhythmic, airy and earthy, restive and tranquil.

Artist: BOBBY

Album: BOBBY

Label: Partisan

Pitchfork 7.2

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Scottish production duo's debut album feels like a quintessentially of-the-moment dissertation on deepness in house music.

Artist: 6th Borough Project

Album: One Night in the Borough

Label: Delusions of Grandeur

Pitchfork 6.7

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Norwegian band offers a free album made up of 10 songs that are each around one minute long.

Artist: Ungdomskulen

Album: Gimme Ten

Label: Self-Released

Pitchfork 5.2

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2011年6月20日星期一

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On his first full-length for Drag City, the SF-based garage rocker slows down but doesn't mellow out while demonstrating growth as a songwriter along the way.

Marvelous album, they never disappoint me! BTW I'd really like to post my dog's photo here much more handsome ;-)

Artist: Ty Segall

Album: Goodbye Bread

Label: Drag City

pitchfork 8.1

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Two Philly-based producers start with a pun on the names of Drake and James Blake and finish with a surprisingly effective mixtape.

Artist: Bombé and Mr. Caribbean

Album: James Drake

Label: Self-Released

Pitchfork 7.6

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Silkie follows up his 2009 debut with a sophomore effort that's simultaneously nostalgic and contemporary.

Artist: Silkie

Album: Silkie - City Limits Volume 2

Label: Deep Medi

Pitchfork 7.8

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Pittsburgh duo's debut shows a depth and breadth of songwriting that hints at better things to come.

Artist: 1,2,3

Album: New Heaven

Label: Frenchkiss

Pitchfork 6.3

Seattle producer crafts an immersive and artful album that juggles house music's tropes to create a vast, rich world.

Artist: Bruno Pronsato

Album: Lovers Do

Label: Thesongsays

Pitchfork 8.1

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Justin's Vernon's project started out low-key and largely solo but has grown into an expansive and ambitious full-band affair with brilliant results.

I always prefer iTunes version and scene releases to P2P version

Artist: Bon Iver

Album: Bon Iver

Label: 4AD

Pitchfork 9.5

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Up-and-coming Queens rapper releases a rock-solid, ridiculously fun album that recalls the past glories of New York rap without feeling derivative.

Artist: Action Bronson

Album: Dr. Lecter

Label: Fine Fabric Delegates

Pitchfork 8.1

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Mastodon guitarist's two outside projects, one newish and one long-running, are packaged here together as a value-priced two-fer.

Artist: Brent Hinds

Album: Fiend Without a Face/West End Motel

Label: Rocket Science

Pitchfork 8.1

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After lineup changes and a side project, Music Go Music, the spirited L.A. band's third album signals a rebirth, but it's surprisingly somber and subdued

Artist: Bodies of Water

Album: Twist Again

Label: Thousand Tongues

Pitchfork 7.4

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Finnish duo's backward-leaning pop songs are deeply committed to the allure of dated sounds. Paula Abdul guests.

Artist: Shine 2009

Album: Realism

Label: Cascine

Pitchfork 6.1

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2011年6月16日星期四

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On her first album for her new label, the subtly devastating singer-songwriter continues her dark exploration of love and loss.

Artist: Marissa Nadler

Album: Marissa Nadler

Label: Box of Cedar

Pitchfork 8.1

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The first Archives Performance Series entry to feature a less celebrated stretch of Young's career rescues his mid-80s country phase from its context.

Artist: Neil Young & International Harvesters

Album: Archives Performance Series Volume 9: A Treasure

Label: Reprise

Pitchfork 7.3