The Black Heart Procession
Six
SOUNDS LIKE: The droney, dramatic indie rock powerhouses drop their much-anticipated Sixth but it’s slower, darker and moodier than ever before
FREE ASSOCIATION: This definitely requires black; all black, dye, denim, makeup
FOR FANS OF: Explosions in the Sky + sleeping pills
Turbo Fruits
Echo Kid
SOUNDS LIKE: Be Your Own Pet spin-off that’s a trio from Tennessee - sloppy and chunky, bluesy and rambunctious, thrashy and a little much
FREE ASSOCIATION: There are just so many other bands that do this better than you
FOR FANS OF: Monotonix down a notch, Black Keys
Orenda Fink
Ask The Night
SOUNDS LIKE: Azure Ray singer’s second solo effort is a beautifully sad and tender collection of spooky southern and bluegrass heart-wrenchers
FREE ASSOCIATION: You must’ve had a lot of heart-ache to be singing like this
FOR FANS OF: Neko Case, Loretta Lynn, Beth Orton
Califone
All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
SOUNDS LIKE: Chicago’s folk rock outfit has given us another gem of experimental bluesy indie rock infused with starry-night country western flavors
FREE ASSOCIATION: This is what happens with Funeral Singer Friends? I need some
FOR FANS OF: DeVotchka, Will Oldham, campfires
Royal Bangs
Let It Beep
SOUNDS LIKE: Tennessee boys with a buzz to them whose second LP is a super-listenable blend of arty, proggy, electro-garage rock that the kids are gonna love
FREE ASSOCIATION: Add a dash of trendy folk art and a tour with label-mates Drummer, you rich
FOR FANS OF: Radiohead, Passion Pit, Hot Chip
Karl Blau
Zebra
SOUNDS LIKE: Weird white boy from Washington’s a producer and man of many bands, but this is a great record of jazzy, quirky, rhythmic compositions of freak folk rock
Free Association: Hoped that crazy record cover would a good sign; and it is
FOR FANS OF: Beck, Brazil, bossa nova
Kill Hannah
Wake Up The Sleepers
SOUNDS LIKE: Shiny, plastic-wrapped emo power rock from Chicago who did indeed get their name from a romance gone bad and presumably all of their romances are still going bad
FREE ASSOCIATION: Hard to imagine who still listens to this ish; Papa Roach fans?
FOR FANS OF: Chevelle, HIM, Dashboard
Drummer
Feel Good Together
SOUNDS LIKE: The Black Keys drummer brings together other drummers to not play the drums, too, and you can pretty much tell; it’s a decent but not great record
FREE ASSOCIATION: Those drum kit microphones might be giving you the wrong idea
FOR FANS OF: Watery Band of Horses, Pearl/Yamaha
REALEST DEAL ON EARTH.
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