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No need to beat around the bush with this one: “We Don’t Need” is an almightily good EP. It’s tempting to call Cheyenne Marie Mize promising because her career is so young, but that’s underselling it: this is a compelling record, equal parts fascinating experimentation and plain fun, and as exciting as Mize’s future will no doubt be, she deserves your attention right here, right now.

I’ve dug through crates for months in hopes of finding a song like “Don’t Let Me Get Lonely.”

Nicolas Jaar moves away [just a little] from the ambient sounds of his debut album on this blues and electronica influenced collaboration with Brooklyn-based artist and guitarist Dave Harrington.

TweetShare Boy oh boy, I sure love a quick announcement to release turnaround. Back on October 9th The Black Keys announced the name of their new album, “El Camino”, and revealed that it would be with us in less than two months. Two months! So much anticipation, so little time. But the public awareness that [...]

TweetShare What I’ve always loved about Tom Waits is his ability to sound like a cross between the granddaddies of the blues and a maniacal villain from a horror movie– cackling and playing the organ whilst some unsuspecting blonde beauty awakens to discover she’s been chained to a table. It’s the way his backbeats thump, [...]

TweetShare Fink, the moniker of Brisol-raised, Brighton-based Fin Greenall, is Ninja Tunes‘ resident singer-songwriter or “guy-with-a-guitar-who-sings-too.” It might seem to be a bit of a dubious position, given the label’s tendency to output  more eclectic acts ranging from Amon Tobin to Roots Manuva, but his chilled-out, bluesy vibe has fit well into the more relaxed [...]

TweetShare The Mhurs gave us a generous preview of their album “In Another Tongue” a couple of months ago. The four tracks they shared, two of them tender emotional outpourings and two of them loud, adventurous rockers, had us pretty excited for the full length, but they did beg the question: can these two styles [...]

TweetShare Whilst not exactly warmly received by critics, The Kills‘ newest album “Blood Pressures” was warmly received by me, and that’s all that matters, right? Right. A couple of weeks ago the band released another new video, this time for the next single from the album “Future Starts Slow” and around the same time the audio for [...]

TweetShare Everybody needs a bit more gloom-laden gothic country melancholia in their lives. Or so I keep telling people. Howling Bells are one of my go-to “bands more people ought to listen to”, and they supply exactly that. Their latest offering is the title track from their upcoming album, “The Loudest Engine”, released on the [...]

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TweetShare I’m just gonna come out and say this: RTB2 could kick The White Stripes’ ass. If The White Stripes were still together. But since they are not, this little gem of a duo from Denton, Texas are at the top of the game. They are the new dons of the bluesy post-punk mafia. It’s a [...]

TweetShare Talk about serendipity – actual serendipity, not the stain on John Cusack’s career. Having just been talking with Frank about The Veils, and how awesome they are, and how more people should like them, I discovered that one half of new band Straylings is ex-Veils guitarist Oli Drake. Which is to say, it’s not [...]

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