Jaguar Love
Hologram Jams
(Fat Possum)
SOUNDS LIKE: Indie electro rock from Portland with members of Blood Brothers is mostly beats, synths, scream-singing and chaos
FREE ASSOCIATION: Requirements to enjoy: body odor, alcohol/drug abuse, crazy hair
FOR FANS OF: Pretty Girls Make Graves, NIN, Basement Jaxx
Liars
Sisterworld
(Mute)
SOUNDS LIKE: Shaking the post-punk dance revival stigma, these LA arty boys make moody, ethereal and brilliant rock that defies genres
FREE ASSOCIAITON: Each song is unique but all have heavy drums, grit and distortion
FOR FANS OF: Lightning Bolt, Radiohead plus Battles, Crystal Castles
Johnny Cash
American VI: Ain't No Grave
(American/Def Jam/Lost Highway)
SOUNDS LIKE: THE MAN's posthumous recordings keep coming, thanks to Rick Rubin, and it's a bittersweet mix of awe and wonder
FREE ASSOCIATION: Between June's and his death he kept growlin' and we'll give it a listen
FOR FANS OF: Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard
Los Campesinos!
Romance Is Boring
(Arts & Crafts)
SOUNDS LIKE: The Welsh-born septet's third is much loved/hated; kitchen sink indie pop at its finest/worst full of bodies, voices, sounds, quirky lyrics and hooks
FREE ASSOCIATION: More punky and experimental, a far cry from "You! Me! Dancing!"
FOR FANS OF: Architecture in Helsinki, angry Broken Social Scene
Acrassicauda
Only The Dead See The End Of The War
(Vice)
SOUNDS LIKE: Baghdad metal band's VICE debut is a brash, aggressive and menacing EP better than most American metal nitwits
FREE ASSOCIATION: The Heavy Metal in Baghdad subjects now live in NJ - effing politics, man!
FOR FANS OF: Metallica, Slayer, Iron Maiden
Aloha
Home Acres
(Polyvinyl)
SOUNDS LIKE: Friends from Ohio and PA fill out their sixth rich LP of swelling, energetic, harmonious and sometimes heavy indie rock
FREE ASSOCIATION: They take the good stuff from bands you're not so sure about and KILL IT
FOR FANS OF: Minus the Bear, Matt Pond PA, Built to Spill
Dub Police
Scion CD Sampler V. 28
(Scion AV)
SOUNDS LIKE: Yes, it's strange that Scion delivers such brilliance but it's no fluke; this collection is up there with the Sharon Jones/Daptones remixes
FREE ASSOCIAITON: Realize it or not, they're giving drivers blunted bug out driving music
FOR FANS OF: Dubstep, Hyperdub, Drum and bass, Grime, the UK
These New Puritans
Hidden
(Angular/Domino)
SOUNDS LIKE: The Brits' sophomore is a triumph of orchestral horns, grimey beats, percussion and keys with atypical compositions and structures
FREE ASSOCIATION: "We Want War" is one of the best things we've heard in a while
FOR FANS OF: The Fall, Gang of Four x Animal Collective, doombeat
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