Enjoy!
Santigold
On my last post I shared a couple singles Santigold released Prior to launching her album, Master of My Make Believe, the 1st of this month (May 2012). I LOVE this album! It is amazing from start to finish! Even though the year is young, I am confident it will make my top ten of 2012. Do yourself a favor and listen to Master of My Make Believe in its entirety!
Jack White
Jack White is a “Jack of all trades” in the world of music! The talented musician is commonly known as the front man for The White Stripes, founder and collaborator of The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, as well as his acting roll in Cold Mountain. Now the musical genius goes solo. Jack White’s solo project has been a smashing success! His new album, Blunderbuss, released April 24th, 2012, is currently the top album in the US. I have listened through the entire album multiple times now, and I can honestly say I appreciate this album and truly admire this man! I personally get a very bluesy vibe from much of the album, and unlike my brother who seems to listen to anything and everything blues, I am picky about blues music.
Love this
I’m so jealous my niece got to see Jack live!
Miike Snow
Miike Snow is an electro-indie band from Sweden made up of childhood friends Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg. The duo added a third member, American songwriter, Andrew Wyatt. I loved their self titled debut album back in 2009, and the new Happy To You album released March, 2012 is no disappointment. Best electronic music of 2012 after TRUST. The videos are strange, but then, strange often translates to genius!
Andrew Bird
American indie folk artist Andrew Wegman Bird plays multiple instruments from the violin to the glockenspiel. He was taught the Suzuki method of playing violin from age four. His new album Break Yourself, released March this year, is overall very pretty. The track Hole In The Ocean Floor is by far the star of the show for me. I listen to it repetitively. It’s extremely beautiful, really… the blend of violin and acoustic picking, along with Andrew’s haunting vocals. Pure bliss.
The Shins
I’m not crazy about the new Shins album as a whole. Port of Morrow released in March of this year. It is the third album by the indie rock band out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The track It’s Only Life is my personal favorite, very simple, clean, and pretty.
Hundred Waters
Hundred Waters is a brand new discovery for me. A most excellent find! From Gainesville, Florida, this eclectic dream pop band infuses folk, jazz, and electronic. And they do it well! Their self titled debut album released April of this year, and it is a truly well-rounded album from start to finish. Best of 2012? Some of the vocals remind me of Bjork.
Very “Bjork” sound
Ezra Furman
Another track from Ezra Furman, who I adore, off his new solo album, The Year of No Returning, released back in February. I love it. Such a unique voice. Enough said.
Beach House
Baltimore, Maryland, Beach House is an indie dream pop duo. I would describe their sound as lazy, psychedelic, and mesmerizing. Victoria Legrand’s vocals are almost ethereal. It is a very unique sound that may require a certain brooding or sentimental mood to listen to, but it is quite good. Their previous album, Teen Dream, is ingrained in my brain. I’ve only touched the surface of the recent, Bloom, dropping the 15th of this month, but I’m sure it will become just as familiar with time.
Poor Spirits
I discovered this electronic/dance artist sometime late last year, but held off on sharing it since there was very little info and limited access to the music. It is very low profile. Over the past couple months not much has changed, I still can’t dig much up. Apparently Poor Spirits is one individual, California native moved to New York. The album Forever Cruising released sometime late 2011, and I somehow managed to download it. All I know is I’ve been listening to it, and I genuinely like it. If you can get your hands on the album, I recommend it.
That’s all for now folks.
