Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Co La - Daydream Repeater (NNA Tapes; 2011)




Hidden drums in burning cafes alter the tiger to the nightlife in each candle.

U.S. Girls - U.S. Girls on Kraak - (K-RAA-K; 2011)




In a jungle of dead radios, I witness an empty swimming pool and a cross-eyed diver.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

North Highlands - Wild One (Self-Released; 2011)




Shaky hands clutch a cigarette as the black train injects this mountain.

Boris - New Album (Daymare; 2011)




Step inside this electric bungalow if you want to know why the electric bees clap.

Blouse - Blouse (Captured Tracks; 2011)




You never wanted my videotapes to reflect you, brave as the sun crackling under the cellophane.

Cave - Neverendless (Drag City; 2011)




Tasting this bridge has never felt better to my footprints, alive with the coral.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream (In The Red Records; 2011)




I beseech thee: rock into the thunderous shock of UFOs pulling puppet strings.

The Bees - Every Step's a Yes (Polydor; 2011)




Stings this winter rose when campfires' last embers reveal a jolly carnvial, tiny as a bee.

The Loom - Teeth (Crossbill Records; 2011)




Frost-bit grass after dusk pulls the birds from the feathers.

Childish Gambino - Camp (Glass Note; 2011)



Grinding minds text messages to make sure your heartbeat remains in your Night Jacket.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Atlas Sound - Parallax (4AD; 2011)



Triplet ghosts carry the hosts and hide the living from the dead.

Kurt Vile - So Outta Reach EP - (Matador; 2011)



Creatures touch and take but the many flitting tongues of iguanas soothe our bed.

Sigur Ros - Inni (XL Recordings; 2011)




Sugar roasting upon a timing belt lives under the ice it's shredding.

Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica (Software; 2011)





Through broken CDs, I glimpsed my likeness malfunctioning the music through the skeletal trees.

The Black Belles - The Black Belles (Third Man Records; 2011)



Through the ashes of
fallen bands and blurred visions, a purple light emanates from a new volcano.