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Entertainment Realm’s Top 25 Albums of 2012
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on November 28, 2012
1. The Avett Brothers, The Carpenter [American/Republic]
2. The xx, coexist [Young Turks]
3. Aimee Mann, Charmer [Superego Records]
4. Chelsea Wolfe, Unknown Rooms [Sargent House]
5. Meiko, The Bright Side [Fantasy]
6. The Shins, Port of Morrow [Columbia]
7. Exitmusic, Passage [Secretly Canadian]
8. Of Monsters and Men, My Head is An Animal [Universal Republic]
9. Norah Jones, Little Broken Hearts [Blue Note Records]
10. Metric, Synthetica [MOM & POP MUSIC]
11. Now Now, Threads [Trans- Records]
12. David Byrne and St. Vincent, Love this Giant [4AD / Todo Mundo]
13. Cat Power, Sun [Matador]
14. Imperial Teen, Feel the Sound [Merge Records]
15. Keane, Strangeland [Interscope]
16. Beth Orton, Sugaring Season [ANTI Records]
17. Jack White, Blunderbluss [Third Man Records / Columbia]
18. Regina Spektor, What We Heard from the Cheap Seats [Sire / WEA]
19. Purity Ring, Shrines [4AD]
20. The Organ Beats, Goldenheart
21. Laetitia Sadier, Silencio [101 DISTRIBUTION]
22. Lightning Love, Blonde Album [Quite Scientific]
23. Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel . . . [Sony]
24. Winterpills, All My Lovely Goners [Signature Sounds]
25. Skyline Pigeons, House of Mysteries [Retro Face Music]
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current music obsessions: Purity Ring; Sea of Bees; Laetitia Sadier
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on August 2, 2012
Purity Ring
who: Corin Roddick [synthesizer/ samples] and Megan James [vocals]
from: Halifax/Montreal
sound: creepy lyrics sung with and exquisite, graceful vocal range. electro-pop provides appropriate dark moods and strange beats. the album ubiquitously pushes and pulls your emotions.
album: Shrines released July 24
label: 4AD
my picks:
“Fineshrine”— “get a little closer/ cut open my sternum and poke/ my little ribs around you”
—building a shrine from a human body if you want to read into it closely . . .
“Grandloves”—super delicate vocals and this churning techno feeding off it
purchase at Amazon: Shrines
Sea of Bees
who: Julie-Ann Bee[guitar, bass, keyboards, voice]
from: Sacramento, Calif.
sound: expansive, lush, layered folk-pop. at times lovely, aching, wistful and aspiring.
album: Orangefarben, out now
label: Team Love Records
PR: Riot Act Media
my picks:
“Gone”—pain never sounded so gorgeous
“Give”—Bee’s stunning vocals with a funky beat
“Leaving”—striking cover of John Denver’s “Leaving on a Jet Plane”
purchase at Amazon: Orangefarben
Laetitia Sadier
who: former singer for Stereolab (one of my favorite 90s bands)
from: the French singer resides in London, UK
sound: this solo album is much softer and more demure than the upbeat techno beats that Stereolab provided in the 90s. Reminds me of Autour de Lucie and April March.
album: Silencio, out now
purchase at Amazon: Silencio
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VIDEO: “Fineshrine” by Purity Ring
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on July 20, 2012
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