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Whu Gnu – Walking Spanish (self-released)

1 December 2009

The band freely mixes pop, prog, folk, psychedelia and jazz in ways that highlight the tension between styles as much as the compatibility.

For Against – Never Been (Words On Music)

15 November 2009

With Never Been, Lincoln’s FOR AGAINST continues down its chosen path, eschewing commercial rewards for more consistent and fruitful artistic ones.

Wiretree – Luck (self-released)

4 October 2009

Peroni has the remarkable ability to absorb his influences without regurgitating them.

Fanfarlo - Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)/The Bell House (Brooklyn) - Monday, August 21, 2009 and Tuesday, August 22, 2009

23 September 2009

Fanfarlo wowed New York twice with their warm, orchestral pop—and I was lucky enough to attend both shows.

Various Artists – It Crawled From the Basement: The Green Monkey Records Anthology (Green Monkey)

30 August 2009

Created and curated by producer/musician TOM DYER, Seattle’s Green Monkey Records operated in the 1980s and early 1990s, covering the city’s independent music scene.

Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong (In the Red)

28 August 2009

The darker lyrical content may be typical for a sophomore album, but this is no sophomore slump.

Scott Warren – Quick Fix Bandage (Jangular)

6 August 2009

Quick Fix Bandage is a warm bath of heartfelt, finely crafted folk rock.

Telepathe: A Different Sort of Minimal Synth

5 August 2009

A colorful Brooklyn duo with equal parts hip hop and synthpop apparent in their spartan beats are still very much of the moniker, ‘minimal synth’.

Cats on Fire - Our Temperance Movement (Matinee)

27 July 2009

New doesn’t have to be new, if that makes sense; or, familiar-sounding music is still new if you haven’t heard it before.