Scissor Sisters
Night Work
(Downtown Records)
SOUNDS LIKE: Disco pop thrives with NY's troupe of gender-bending queers under the guidance of Stuart Price (Madonna, Kylie, Killers) on this synth-friendly opus
FREE ASSOCIATION: Their debut was genius, Ta-Dah! was a bore, this one's wicked good!
FOR FANS OF: Bee Gees, Blondie, Mika, Duran Duran, disco balls
Maps & Atlases
Perch Patchwork
(Barsuk)
SOUNDS LIKE: Sometimes angular and punchy, others rhythmic and ecstatic, Chicago-bred math rockers' debut is an occasionally wonky but solid LP
FREE ASSOCIATION: Oh snap, they usin' a flute! Doesn't make them J Tull but still, props
FOR FANS OF: Menomena, Shapes and Sizes, Man Man, finds
Samantha Crain
You (Understood)
(Ramseur Records)
SOUNDS LIKE: The Oklahoman dynamo has a voice that barrels you over with thoughtful, mysteriously dark lyricism and a talented backing band to boot
FREE ASSOCIATION: Maybe its her Choctaw origin, but this girl's got soul and it shows
FOR FANS OF: Regina Spektor x Joanna Newsom, Gillian Welch
Best Coast
Crazy For You
(Mexican Summer)
SOUNDS LIKE: Bethany Cosentino took her time, picked a good band, and now finally a stellar batch of fleshed out surf rock, girl pop indie rock with grit and punch
FREE ASSOCIATION: When will this beachy retro girl pop wave start to feel tired? Not yet!
FOR FANS OF: Beach House meets Vivian Girls, Jenny Lewis with Real Estate
Neu!
Neu! '86/Vinyl Box
(Gronland Records)
SOUNDS LIKE: Krautrock legends and Kraftwerkers, Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger, made a huge volume of inspiring, stripped down proto-electro grooves
FREE ASSOCIATION: Here they release a previously unheard record and box up the past
FOR FANS OF: Can, Bowie, Tortoise, Velvet Underground, !!!, Yaz
Miss TK and the Revenge
The Ocean Likes to Party Too
(Ernest Jenning Record Co.)
SOUNDS LIKE: Asbury Park dance pop masters shock with their simplistic grooves and funktastic rhythms and bass while Miss TK coos and groans the party started
FREE ASSOCIATION: Miss TK could easily do what MIA does if she were Sri Lankan
FOR FANS OF: Peaches, The Sounds, Le Tigre, Human League
The Melvins
The Bride Screamed Murder
(Ipecac Recordings)
SOUNDS LIKE: One of the weirdest bands around bundle a march, sludgy metal, a 7-minute Who cover ("My Generation") and punk/noise into one on their 20th LP
FREE ASSOCIATION: Fans will eat it up; at least it's not a bunch of covers and remixes
FOR FANS OF: Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Boris, Soundgarden
Wolf Parade
Expo '86
(Sub Pop)
SOUNDS LIKE: The Quebecois rockers have made a brooding, moody gem of guitar and drum rock, perhaps not as catchy or digestible as we're used to but it'll do
FREE ASSOCIATION: It pays to have some big deal friends (Arcade Fire and Isaac Brock)
FOR FANS OF: Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Frog Eyes, Canada rock
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