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 [...]

I’ve only recently gotten into Animal Collective, so I decided to try out their newest album and start backwards. Merriweather Post Pavilion is a good LP, simply because it catches your attention very quickly. I can see this album being on MANY top ten lists.

The Books may not sound like a familiar name, but I’m fairly certain you’ve heard their music. “That Right Ain’t Shit” was used as the soundtrack in an advertisement for a Hummer vehicle, and “Tokyo” was used in a commercial to spread awareness about HIV. So they are fairly well known considering Nick Drake gain [...]

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 [...]