Jay-Z
The Blueprint 3
SOUNDS LIKE: The living hip hop legend's third LP since his 'retirement' is a sick collection of club-bangers, guests and slow jams
FREE ASSOCIATION: Hove, where's that Beyonce collab? You can't have her to yourself
FOR FANS OF: Yankee hats, hip hop, Blueprints
The xx
xx
SOUNDS LIKE: 20-year-old Brits writing brilliant eerie, sexy and ambient rock songs about sex, love, dating and doing so whispy-like
FREE ASSOCIATION: Show me this record and I'd crawl into your dirty bed, crooked teeth and all
FOR FANS OF: Interpol, Portishead, sexy times
Sondre Lerche
Heartbeat Radio
SOUNDS LIKE: The Norwegian indie darling gives a softer record than Phantom Punch but not as jazzy as Two Way Monologue, it's just right
FREE ASSOCIATION: Why'd you have to go and marry some Scandinavian model?
FOR FANS OF: Jens Lekman, Lykke Li, Royksopp, Lindstrom
The Antlers
Hospice
SOUNDS LIKE: What started as low-fi folk in a Brooklyn bedroom became a chamber pop force of nature and it's fully realized on this gorgeous record
FREE ASSOCIATION: Damn, you're on some eerie Grizzly Bear tip; but slower and creepier
FOR FANS OF: Dept. of Eagles, Grandaddy
Rain Machine
Rain Machine
SOUNDS LIKE: TV on the Radio's guitarist Kyp Malone's solo record is a long, meandering meditation on his crazy pseudo-yodle
FREE ASSOCIATION: Some Joanna Newsom shit done by a black man with an afro and big glasses
FOR FANS OF: Dear Science, Desperate Youth
The Shaky Hands
Let It Die
SOUNDS LIKE: Portland's jangle-pop indie darlings' second LP on Kill Rock Stars is non-stop strummin', singin' and bangin' all sad but sunny
FREE ASSOCIATION: If only all dudes who move to Portland and started a band sounded like this
FOR FANS OF: Blizten Trapper, better Decemberists
Monsters of Folk
Monsters of Folk
SOUNDS LIKE: A super-quartet includes two Bright Eyes dudes (Conor), M. Ward and Jim James of My Morning Jacket hatch a project; doesn't suck
FREE ASSOCIATION: It's not all Kumbaya or "Blowin' in the Wind," this is sick modern folk
FOR FANS OF: Jenny Lewis, younger Wilco
Flying Machines
Flying Machines
SOUNDS LIKE: New York boys' debut is hyped, not totally undeserved, and sounds like a Queen, ELO, the Jam and Weezer burrito
FREE ASSOCIATION: Sounded totally shitty at first (emo/tired/done before), but this one's a grower
FOR FANS OF: Moody lyrics, shiny modernism
REAL DEAL!
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