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Archive for November, 2009

Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Best of 2009

Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix first hit the US in May, 2009. I’m not sure why I haven’t written about this disc yet, because it’s been on repeat for months. Phoenix is a French band….from France…

Anyhow. This album is spectacular from start to finish. It gets richer each time you listen to it (exactly like French food, am I right? am I right?).

The first single – and…

Listen to Mew – No More Stories…

Mew is one of those bands that make your brain turn into one, giant, pile of musical note mush. They’re sort of on another level. The kind of level you get to by eating guitars raw.

Mew’s new album (slightly annoying, but they are forgiven), No More Stories Are Told Today I’m Sorry They Washed Away, has to be in the top three of the year for me. It’s…

Future of Foresty – Travel II – Listen!

Future of Forestry’s second installment of their four part EP series arrived a few months ago, and it’s time you hear it too. Oh yes, it is time.

I’m honestly too lazy to write more about the band, other than they’re pure, unfiltered, awesomeness, so here’s what I said about them previously:
Hailing from San Diego, CA, they’re automatically cooler than most of us. But unlike many…