Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights
It’s gorgeous! What a sound. We got to tour with them and it was a real treat. They totally deserve everything!
Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
They must have spent bazillions on gear. You can hear some serious tinkering going on. Great sounding record. Holy shit!
The Black Angels – Passover
Funny story: I get a lot of demos. I got maybe 40-50 the year before this came out. Nearly all are terrible. One in this stack was called “Orwell” with a strawberry printed on it?! Probably the worst band name and artwork I’ve ever seen. Turned out to be one of the best new psychedelic bands in the last decade. I frantically wrote these guys back: “You guys are great, but please change your name!”
Beach House – everything
Talk about bad band name. Yeeesh! Boy, was I wrong. Good stuff. Reminds me of the Cocteau Twins.
Ariel Pink – everything
Man, what a weirdo, and to think he’s been here the WHOLE time. Some truly out-there recordings. Call it 80s AM lo-fi—it can’t even be easily categorized. Genius! I’ve seen Ariel play now about 8-10 times. Every show is totally different. Ariel reminds me of like an audio Picasso or something.
Secret Machines – Now Here Is Nowhere
Say what you will about these guys, but that first album is really good!
Dead Meadow – Feathers
Whew…some seriously dreamy tunes on here. It’s psychedelic, it’s shoegaze (god, I hate that word!), it’s everything. It’s brilliant!
Radiohead – Kid A
The weird thing is, this is the only Radiohead album I like. I know, what?!
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
I only have a burn of this. I would love to have one, but can you own one? I have yet to go to Amoeba and see this in stock. You have no idea who is in this band or anything. Or what the hell, just try and read their wiki and make sense of this band. Terrorist?!! What?
The Kills – Keep on Your Mean Side
Am I wrong about these guys? I think the Kills are great! This album especially. Maybe it’s that Vogue approach they are into these days. I don’t know. I still think this record is great.
Others winners: Dead Combo, The Growlers, Spiritualized, Blonde Redhead, The Flaming Lips, Black Mountain, the Strokes…
1 Monica // Feb 18, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Godspeed is the fucking best! They’re with Constellation Records http://cstrecords.com/bands/godspeed-you-black-...
Try looking up 1-speed bike. It’s the drummer’s side project http://cstrecords.com/bands/1-speed-bike
fucking badass
2 Alexander Lovo // Feb 18, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Didn’t you almost get booed off the stage at an Interpol show at the Palladium in Hollywood? Yea, I was there and I won’t let you forget about it(:
3 Adrienne // Feb 18, 2010 at 8:12 pm
@ Alexander Lovo: Hendrix got booed off stage when playing with the Monkees…so your point is?
4 Monica // Feb 19, 2010 at 1:54 pm
His point is… very few make it like Hendrix after getting booed off :p
5 Adrienne // Feb 19, 2010 at 8:31 pm
@ Monica: Actually, he didn’t have a point–he was just trying to make a snarky comment. It sucks that sometimes people feel the need to waste energy on being negative. Sure, it’s rare that people will get to Hendrix (or even Monkees) fame levels, but it’s even rarer to be at a show where every audience member is going to dig each band on a concert bill. It’s the ones that boo and waste the negative energy whom I feel sorry for.
6 wolfgangggg // Feb 21, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Bobby rules…
negativity sucks, & “The Mirror Explodes” is a pretty awesome album.
So where can we send demos?
7 blood meridian // Mar 14, 2010 at 9:19 pm
badass song that needed a vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXOiBIXn_zY
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