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Steele Picks: Top 30 Albums of 2013
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on December 2, 2013
–unfortunately I can’t possibly hear every album released. I don’t hear about things. I don’t get access to many until the public does. publicists don’t send me as many albums in advance as I wish.
–here are the the albums this year that moved me, inspired me, made me think.
–they’re in alpha order
The Avett Brothers–The Magpie and the Dandelion [American]
Arctic Monkeys—AM [Domino]
Bleeding Rainbow–Yeah Right [Kanine]
Camera Obscura–Desire Lines [4AD]
Chvrches–Bones of What You Believe [Virgin]
Cults–Static [Columbia]
Foals–Holy Fire [Warner Music]
Gliss–Langsom Dans [Modern Outsider]
Grace & Tony–November [Rock Ridge Music]
Haim–Days are Gone [Columbia/Sony]
How to Destroy Angels–Welcome Oblivion [Columbia]
The Joy Formidable–Wolf’s Law [Atlantic]
The Julie Ruin– Run Fast EP [TJR]
Lorde–Pure Heroine [Lava/Republic]
Lovers–A Friend in the World [Badman Recording Co.]
Luray–The Wilder
Laura Marling–Once I Was an Eagle [Ribbon Music]
MGMT– MGMT [Columbia]
M.I.A.–Matangi [N.E.E.T./Interscope]
Mirror Travel–Mexico [Outsider Records]
My Gold Mask–Leave Me Midnight [Highwheel]
The National–Trouble Will Find Me [4AD]
Orbe Orbe–Invisible Kingdoms
Super Water Sympathy–Hydrogen Child [In Music We Trust]
Perhapst– Revise Your Maps [Jack Viking Music]
Throwing Muses–Purgatory/ Paradise
Frank Turner–Tape Deck Heart [Interscope]
Violeta Vil–Lapidas y Cocoteros [Young Cubs]
Waxahatchee–Cerulean Salt [Don Giovanni]
Chelsea Wolfe–Pain is Beauty [Sargent House]
[all selections by Amy Steele 12/1/2013]
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Violeta Vil: music review
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on March 13, 2013
This cool Venezuelan girl group mixes hypnotic beats, dreamy shoe-gazing melodies and stylish 60s-era vocal harmonizing. Funky ebbs and flows like riptides, waves and tide pools. The title track translates to “Headstones and Coconuts” and swirls and churns strikingly with soft, whispery lyrics. Twangy psychedelic guitar propels “Aguamarina.” The broody “Amish” puts you into a trance. “Pericona” makes you feel like you’re floating with its shimmery vibe and its island drum beats. “Toronjil” blends punching guitar, tambourine and island percussion making it sound like the soundtrack to a drug circle for The Beatles circa 1965. While only eight songs and in Spanish, it’s a splendid, eclectic and fun musical trip.
Lapidas y Cocoteros
Young Cubs
release date: March 12, 2013
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music video: Violeta Vil
Posted by Amy Steele in Music on February 6, 2013
very cool. c’est en espagnol. and je ne parles pas espagnol. but close your eyes and feel the hypnotic beats, stylish melodies and sensational vocals. LOVE IT.
Young Cubs US release — March
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