NOVEMBER 2010

1.       Phantogram | Mouthful Of Diamonds
2.       Cee-Lo Green| Bright Lights Bigger City
3.       Matt & Kim | Good For Great
4.       The Hundred In The Hands | Lovesick (Once Again)
5.       KiD CuDi | Mojo So Dope Continue Reading

Considering his recent 180 on the grandiose undertaking of writing an album for each of the 50 states, it might have been alarming to hear Sufjan Stevens declare his new album would conclude with a 25-minute marathon track, boasting no less than six distinct “acts.”  And given the avant-ness of his mixed-media tribute to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, a song of this length leaves a lot of room to go awry.  But in the way that only he can, Sufjan blows the doors off this bitch.  Continue Reading

The Brooklyn rap duo + hypeman, Das Racist, have been slowly turning heads since they released their faux classic single “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” in 2008.  At first listen the track reeks of flash-in-the-pan greatness, made possible by the wonders of the internet (and possible a great hypeman?).  However, the group has been steadily making headway, and in March of this year they dropped the Shut Up, Dude mixtape with production help from Diplo, Dame Grease, and Boi-1da. Continue Reading

1. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl | Bang Bang Bang
2. La Roux | I’m Not Your Toy
3. Maximum Balloon | Groove Me (feat. Theophilus London)
4. Theophilus London | Hum Drum
5. Janelle Monáe | Wondaland Continue Reading

DECEMBER 2008

1. Parts & Labor | Wedding In A Wasteland
2. The Walkmen | In The New Year
3. Hockey | Work
4. Delta Spirit | Trashcan
5. Grand National | By The Time I Get Home There Won’t Be Much Of A Place For Me Continue Reading

OCTOBER 2007

1. Jamie T | Sheila
2. The Cribs | Men’s Needs
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Down Boy
4. Rogue Wave | Lake Michigan
5. Ra Ra Riot | Ghost Under Rocks Continue Reading

JULY 2007

1. The Tough Alliance | Koka-Kola Veins
2. Justice | D.A.N.C.E.
3. Architecture In Helsinki | Heart It Races
4. Coconut Records | West Coast
5. Feist | I Feel It All Continue Reading