Ever since I heard Grizzly Bear’s breakthrough album “Yellow House” I was hooked. With that being said I’ll try to leave this as unbiased as possible.
“Veckatimest”, pronounced “Veck” “Ah” “Tim” “Est”, seems to cover many era’s of music without losing the Grizzly Bear style. The style being considered, first and foremost, the vocal layering and [...]

For a moment just look past the ridiculously long album title…now I ask you have you ever felt like your missing something? I have, but Le Loup has finally been able to somehow fill that void. This album was placed on “Best of ‘07″ lists by a multitude of websites, and I can’t say it doesn’t deserve [...]

Bon Iver’s debut LP “For Emma, Forever Ago” was, simply stated, fantastic. Justin Vernon’s voice was a rich melody of passion, mix that with the soft guitar and the album created a atmosphere so surreal you almost felt like you were in the cabin with Vernon during the making of the album.
“Blood Bank”, although an [...]

The Acorn manages to mix Folk with Indie in a way that still manages to surprise me with each listen. While “Glory Hope Mountain” may not be a perfect album, I definitely hold it as one of the best releases of 2007. “Glory Hope Mountain” is The Acorn’s proper first LP release, but is [...]