February 24, 2010

Surfer Blood - Astro Coast

Palm Beach natives Surfer Blood, despite their ridiculous name, have recently crafted a debut album which manages to give off enough of a uniquely nerd-rock weezerish vibe to punch through the layer of crap created by other surf rock/lo-fi albums to come out recently (see: Wavves, Best Coast, Smith Westerns, etc.) Although they aren't really even garnering comparisons to those bands, I feel like that is the bracket most listeners automatically put them into. Wikipedia says they've been compared to Weezer, Pavement, and Built to Spill, which I would agree with for the most part.

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February 23, 2010

Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me

New album from insanely talented, quirky, Andy Samberg-dating harpist Joanna Newsom. Much more expressive and personal than her older, more distant albums about nature and sewing. Highly Recommended.




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