Yeasayer
Odd Blood
(Secretly Canadian)
SOUNDS LIKE: The Brooklyn long-hairs' sophomore is still tripped out indie rock but less tribal and more DFA/dancefloor ready this time
FREE ASSOCIATION: DJs, you can now stop playing "Sunrise" and "2080." No? OK.
FOR FANS OF: Animal Collective, Gang Gang Dance, Le Loup
Massive Attack
Heligoland
(Virgin)
SOUNDS LIKE: Ominous and ambient as ever, this time with a bunch of guests, but it lacks the experimental heart of the heavy-hitting LPs
FREE ASSOCIATION: Oh cool, Hope Sandoval, TV on the Radio and Blur dudes; still no Blue Lines
FOR FANS OF: New Order, Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, dub
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Kings Ballad
(Ubiquity)
SOUNDS LIKE: A futuristic Quincy Jones, she does it all and frequently, her fifth full-length of soulful and groovy R&B in as many years
FREE ASSOCIATION: Title track is a tribute to MJ, but it's not all elegies; hypnotic neo-soul at its finest
FOR FANS OF: Ms. Badu, k-os, India.Arie, Dam-Funk
Lightspeed Champion
Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
(Domino)
SOUNDS LIKE: Texas-born, Essex, UK-raised, formerly of dance punk's Test Icicles, now he makes electrified, rich and eerie funk folk
FREE ASSOCATION: SO HIP; plays/writes with The Horrors, Basement Jaxx, Arctic Monkeys, etc.
FOR FANS OF: Margot & her So and So's, Andrew Bird, NME
Rocky Votolato
True Devotion
(Barsuk)
SOUNDS LIKE: A Texan turned Seattle punk, the veteran folk singer/songwriter's third Barsuk LP is a beautiful, happier version of Elliot Smith
FREE ASSOCIAITON: Glad you left those angry, emo punks (Waxwing) behind and lit some candles
FOR FANS OF: Jeff Buckley, Damien Rice, open mic nights
Vaus
The Floating Celebration
(Night World)
SOUNDS LIKE: Lyn Vaus is an enigmatic DC gent who's debut LP is a moody throwback tip of the hat to Velvet Underground
FREE ASSOCIAITON: This could've come out forty years ago; droney, funky, barely trying
FOR FANS OF: Lou Reed, Modern Lovers, Brian Ferry, xanax, valium
Marrow
Sunshine Enema
(Marrowcell)
SOUNDS LIKE: San Fran house outfit blasts synths, beats and more synths with cheeky lyrics about fighting mindless consumerism
FREE ASSOCIATION: Like a young androgynous goth grew up OBSESSED with NIN and Fischerspooner
FOR FANS OF: Dark Bjork, dark !!!, dark Duran Duran, then lasers!
Freeway & Jake One
The Stimulus Package
(Rhymesayers)
SOUNDS LIKE: Philly hip hop and State Property lifer's Rhymesayers' label debut is a sick collab with Seattle's Jake One full of beats and ego
FREE ASSOCIAITON: Oh damn, the CD case is a wallet and the lyrics are on dollars! So hood!
FOR FANS OF: Just Blaze, Beanie Sigel, Jay-Z, smokin' cheeb
REAL CHARTICLE!
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