It appears that the release cycle is at a stage now where a number of bands that released some of my favorite albums of the last 3-4 years are now issuing follow-up discs, which is always makes me a little anxious. When you love an album to bits, you always have that very rational fear that the follow up will pale in comparison. Santigold’s latest escaped that fate by being a solidly constructed album, if a bit predictable in comparison […]
Posts tagged "chillwave"
Spin Cycle: Twin Sister’s “In Heaven”
Long Island’s Twin Sister is one of those bands that without the Internet, I may not have stumbled across. I believe it was a post over at Gorilla vs. Bear that originally introduced me to music from the band’s then-forthcoming EP, Color Your Life. I was immediately hooked by their ethereal, dreamlike pop, and happily rushed to purchase the EP (even though it had been available for free on bandcamp.com ). Color Your Life quickly became one of my top picks for 2010, in […]
Spin Cycle: Neon Indian’s “Era Extrana”
Hailing from the Denton, Texas, Neon Indian is the brainchild of Alan Palomo. Sometimes labeled as “chillwave” (whatever the hell that means), Neon Indian is an interesting brand of electronic music – perhaps too poppy for the avant-gardists, perhaps too abstract for the mainstream. I happen to find it a perfect marriage. Neon Indian debuted in 2009 with their full-length Psychic Chasms. That album’s low-fi electronic grooves garnered the band a good amount of buzz on the blog/college radio circuit, […]