Mikal Cronin – MCII
2013/05/07
Howdy. The new Mikal Cronin album – just added to Spotify – is one of the best albums of the year so far. Genre: pop/rock. Read some reviews and enjoy!
(Recommended listening!)
Mikal Cronin – MCII
Thee Oh Sees – Floating Coffin
2013/04/17
Evening. The explosive new album by Thee Oh Sees is another keeper. This has been a great music week so far. Genre: garage rock. Enjoy!
(Oh, and this is recommended listening.)
(And the album cover is interesting too.)
Thee Oh Sees – Floating Coffin
Benoît Pioulard – Hymnal
2013/03/06
Morning friends. The excellent new album by Benoît Pioulard is recommended listening for sure. Genre: ambient/electronic/pop. Read some positive reviews and enjoy!
Benoît Pioulard – Hymnal
Girls Names – The New Life
2013/02/18
Hello again. The terrific new album by Girls Names was also added to Spotify today. Genre: pop. Recommended listening. Enjoy!
(One review here.)
Girls Names – The New Life
Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold
2013/01/18
Hi. This explosive, terrific album by Parquet Courts is recommended listening. Genre: garage rock/post-punk. Enjoy!
(Read a bunch of positive reviews here.)
(Note: I decided to label this as both 2012 and 2013 since it was first released last year, then released again this week.)
Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold
Top 40 Albums of 2012: 10-1
2012/12/23
Howdy. So, here is my top 10 as promised. Please check out the playlist here and enjoy!
(Also check out the previous parts: 40-31, 30-21 and 20-11.)
(Note: I’ll be away for some days. See you next week!)
10. Amelia White – Beautiful and Wild
09. Toy – Toy
08. Dan Deacon – America
07. Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It
06. Foxygen – Take The Kids Off Broadway
05. Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool
04. Father John Misty – Fear Fun
03. Django Django – Django Django
02. Beach House – Bloom
01. Grimes – Visions
Top 40 Albums of 2012: 20-11
2012/12/22
Hello again. This is the third part of my Top 40 Albums of 2012. I will be back with the top 10 tomorrow. Enjoy!
20. Lost in the Trees – A Church That Fits Our Needs
19. Chelsea Wolfe – Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs
18. Alcest – Les Voyages de L’Âme
17. Frida Hyvönen – To The Soul
16. Hundred Waters – Hundred Waters LP
15. King Tuff – King Tuff
14. Frankie Rose – Interstellar
13. How To Dress Well – Total Loss
12. Chairlift – Something
11. Bowerbirds – The Clearing
Top 40 Albums of 2012: 30-21
2012/12/22
Hi. Here is part 2 of my Top 40 Albums of 2012. Enjoy!
30. Social Studies – Developer
29. Ryan Teague – Field Drawings
28. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
27. Cat Power – Sun
26. Balmorhea – Stranger
25. Grizzly Bear – Shields
24. Patti Smith – Banga
23. Wild Nothing – Nocturne
22. Kap Bambino – Devotion
21. Taken by Trees – Other Worlds
Top 40 Albums of 2012: 40-31
2012/12/21
Hello. Here we go. I’m finished tinkering with my Top 40 Albums of 2012 and here is the first part. The next two parts will be up tomorrow and the final part on Sunday. Enjoy!
(Note: This is the list as it stands at this very date. If I had done it one month from now it’s highly possible a number of albums would have been switched.)
40. Idjut Boys – Cellar Door
39. Tamaryn – Tender New Signs
38. Autumn Owls – Between Buildings, Toward the Sea
37. Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror
36. Port St. Willow – Holiday
35. Porcelain Raft – Strange Weekend
34. Mac DeMarco – 2
33. Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine
32. Bob Dylan – Tempest
31. Anna von Hausswolff – Ceremony
Good evening. You may remember that I wrote about her last year. Now she is back with a brilliant new album. Please enjoy singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe!
(Recommended listening.)
(Oh, and read some reviews here!)
Chelsea Wolfe – Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs
Hundred Waters – Hundred Waters LP
2012/10/03
Hey. Tomorrow I’ll be going back home again, which means my next blog update should be on Friday. Here is the wonderful new album by Hundred Waters. Genre: electronic. Recommended listening. Enjoy!
(One review here.)
Hundred Waters – Hundred Waters LP
Balmorhea – Stranger
2012/10/02
Hey again. I just listened to the new Balmorhea album, which was added to Spotify for me today, and it’s pretty darn good. Recommended listening. Enjoy!
(Genre: ambient/post-rock)
Balmorhea – Stranger
Chromatics – Kill For Love
2012/09/24
Howdy folks. The latest album by Chromatics, released back in March, looks like a very recent addition to the Spotify library. To be honest I had completely forgotten about this one, but it’s excellent for sure. Recommended listening. Enjoy!
(Genre: electronic/pop)
Chromatics – Kill For Love
Toy – Toy
2012/09/10
Hey again. The impressive debut album by UK band Toy is another very recent addition to the Spotify library. Genre: rock (indie/kraut/psych/shoegaze). Recommended listening. Read this review and enjoy!
(Note 1: I think it’s only available for European listeners for now.)
(Note 2: A couple of VERY notable new additions should be available everywhere tomorrow. I’ll write about them then!)
Toy – Toy
Dan Deacon – America
2012/08/29
Hello again. The new Dan Deacon album, a very recent addition to the Spotify library, is simply amazing. Genre: electronic/shoegaze. Recommended listening. Read some reviews and enjoy!
(US version here. Version for AU and NZ here.)
Dan Deacon – America
Divine Fits – A Thing Called Divine Fits
2012/08/28
Hey. From a very recent Spotify update comes the excellent new album by Divine Fits. Genre: pop/rock. Recommended listening. Enjoy!
(US version will most likely be added later today)
Divine Fits – A Thing Called Divine Fits
Top 12 Albums of 2012 (so far)
2012/07/13
Hey. Here you have my top 12 albums of 2012 at this very moment. Ask me again tomorrow and 2-3 albums may be changed. You can check out one sample song from each album in my latest playlist, Spotinews 063. Enjoy!
(And in case there are some new readers, click the album cover to get to the album in Spotify)
(In alphabetical order)
Alcest – Les Voyages de l’Âme
Amelia White – Beautiful and Wild
Beach House – Bloom
Bear In Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool
Chairlift – Something
Django Django – Django Django
Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Frankie Rose – Interstellar
Frida Hyvönen – To The Soul
Grimes – Visions
Lost in the Trees – A Church That Fits Our Needs
Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It
Patti Smith – Banga
2012/06/05
Good evening. The splendid new album by rock singer-songwriter Patti Smith is a very recent addition to the Spotify library. Recommended listening. Enjoy!
(Read some reviews here.)
Patti Smith – Banga
Julia Holter – Ekstasis
2012/05/20
Hello. This splendid album by Julia Holter was released two months ago and finally added to Spotify today. Genre: electronic/pop. Recommended listening. Enjoy!
Julia Holter – Ekstasis
Beach House – Bloom
2012/05/14
Howdy. The excellent new Beach House album was just added to Spotify. Genre: dream pop. Recommended listening. Enjoy!
Beach House – Bloom
