Royal Bangs – Let It Beep

IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
Let It Beep

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Tracklist:

01 war bells
02 poison control
03 my car is haunted
04 brainbow
05 conquest II
06 b & e
07 shit xmas
08 tiny prince of keytar
09 1993
10 gorilla king
11 waking up weird
12 maniverse

Rating: (4,6/5.0)
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RockSound - 6,0/10

"The best songs, though, like ‘My Car Is Haunted’ contain numerous tiny jewels, moments of chiming percussion, buzzing electronica or gorgeous keyboard lines that deserve a cleaner sound. It is, after all, possible to be too cool.
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BBC - ...

"Varied but never lacking cohesion, Let It Beep is a charming and entirely unforeseen hit for tastes demanding their rock a little rough-hewn and happily unaffected. That it makes KoL sound as sonically redundant as U2 and Oasis is merely an accidental bonus." *Read Full Review

Strangeglue - 8,0/10

"Royal Bangs is where the dream becomes the reality. Intelligently woven music encompassing a diverse range of styles." *Read Full Review

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

AWESOME. (Excelente álbum)
Veckatimest

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Tracklist:

1. Southern Point
2. Two Weeks *[mp3] (Live on Letterman)
3. All We As
4. Fine For Now *[mp3] (Live)
5. Cheeleader *[mp3] (Live in Boston)
6. Dory
7. Ready, Able
8. About Face
9. Hold Still
10. While You For The Others *[mp3] (Live on KCRW)

11. Live With You
12. Foreground

Rating: (4,8/5.0)
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Fanfarlo - Reservoir

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Reservoir

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Tracklist:

1. I'm A Pilot *[mp3]
2. Ghosts
3. Luna *[mp3]
4. Comets
5. Fire Escape
6. The Walls Are Coming Down
7. Drowning Men
8. If It Is Growing
9. Harold T. Wilkins
10. Finish Line
11. Good Morning Midnight

Rating: (4,6/5.0)
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SputnikMusic - .../10

"Fanfarlo were conceived by Simon (vocals, guitar, keys, mandolin, sax, glock) while he was taking shelter in a forest from a particularly heavy snowstorm in Sweden. Inspired to move to London to form the band, he quickly found allies in Justin (bass) and Leon (trumpet/keyboards) when playing small gigs around the city. Mark (electric guitar, keys, vocals, accordian, fanfarlophone) then joined, and Fanfarlo’s electronic backing track was ceremoniously destroyed when Amos (drums & percussion, vocals) was enlisted to complete the rhythm section.
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The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love

Terrific. (Sem definição)
The Hazards Of Love

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Tracklist:

1. Prelude
2. The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone) [mp3]
3. A Bower Scene
4. Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
5. The Hazards Of Love 2 (Wager All)
6. The Queen's Approach
7. Isn't It Lovely Night?
8. The Wanting Comes In Waves / Repaid
9. An Interlude
10. The Rake's Song
11. The Abduction Of Margaret
12. The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
13. Annan Water
14. Margaret In Captivity
15. The Hazards Of Love 3 (Revenge!)
16. The Wanting Comes In Waves (Reprise)
17. The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)

Rating: (4,7/5.0)
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Sputnikmusic - 9,0/10

"The Hazards of Love is shockingly good". *Read Full Review

Billboard - 8,0/10

"Despite Meloy's lofty vocabulary and penchant for themes of antiquity, Decemberists albums are consistently generous with great tunes and charm, and "The Hazards of Love" is no different." *Read Full Review

RS - 8,0/10

"From the glacial, droning opening track to the head–scratcher folk finale, The Hazards of Love takes its time, inviting you to grab a seat in front of the fire, stoke your Meerschaum pipe and take a trip." *Read Full Review

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Recommendation. (Álbum Recomendado)
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

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REVIEW: TLOBF | BlackPlastic | Pitchfork

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Tracklist:
1. Lisztomania
2. 1901
3. Fences
4. Love Like A Sunset Pt. 1
5. Love Like A Sunset Pt. 2
6. Lasso
7. Rome
8. Countdown
9. Girlfriend
10. Armistice

Rating: (3,9/5.0)
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BalckPlastic- .../10

"Where previous Phoenix albums maybe lacked a little cohesiveness Wolfgang... confidently delivers, with one sexy, polished, funky feeling running the full course of the album. It never strays as far as (the admittedly great, if slightly bonkers) 'Funky Squaredance' did on United and the result is a classic case of focus trumping variety - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix isn't trying to be a jack of all trades, it's busy enough being the best technicolor-disco-punk-funk album in years." "(...)Phoenix have undoubtebly made the best album of their career so far. It's so damn enthusiastic it would be churlish to ignore it.
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Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid

AWESOME. (Álbum Impressionante)
Keep It Hid

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Tracklist:
1. Trouble Weighs A Ton
2. I Want Some More
3. Heartbroken, In Disrepair
4. Because I Should
5. Whispered Words
6. Real Desire
7. When The Night Comes
8. Mean Monsoon
9. The Prowl
10. Kip It Hid
11. My Last Mistake
12. When I Left The Room
13. Street Walkin'
14. Goin' Home

Rating: (4.5/5.0)
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Trouble Weighs A Ton

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Paste Magazine - 8,5/10

"Fans of Auerbach’s previous material may miss Patrick Carney’s percussion, but Keep It Hid is something else entirely, an opportunity for Auerbach to flex all his musical muscles without confining Carney’s own strength." *Read Full Review

SPIN - 7,0/10

"Black Keys singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach opens his first solo outing with an acoustic country blues that sounds utterly authentic but signifies mainly as a museum-quality reproduction. Fortunately, the rest of Keep It Hid hews more closely to the Keys’ scuzz-encrusted, blunt-instrument assault." *Read Full Review

Prefix - 7,0/10

"It’s admirable that Auerbach would want to start looking outside of the limitations he and fellow Key Patrick Carney put on themselves at the jump by bringing in a full band to augment his sound. But there’s not much on Keep It Hid to enjoy that couldn’t have come from the Black Keys." *Read Full Review