Andrew Bird
20. Best Coast – The Only Place – LoFi sun-pop outfit Best Coast released their second record a shining record that smells like the Pacific, sparkles like a sunny day at the beach, and is the absolute perfect sunny day record. Song after song, are perfectly shimmering pop gems that are extremely
Field Report
25. Jack White – Blunderbuss – Jack White is back with his first solo record since “the breakup” and he’s back to true form in only the way that he can be. Its a freaked out, rocked out, album with a funky new band. The record is totally solid, gritty, twangy
Alabama Shakes
30. Alabama Shakes – Boys and Girls – Fueled by huge buzz, I mean mega mega buzz the Alabama Shakes released their first LP this year, Boys and Girls, a record that might not have been able to be talked about more than it was. This record is all built around one
Bowerbirds
35. The Walkmen – Heaven – The Walkmen have consistently dropped a fine record every two years, in 2010 it was Lisbon, and in 2012 it is Heaven. Their sound on Heaven has grown up as the messy rockers too have grown up into men, they’ve reinvented their sound rounded the
Carolina Chocolate Drops
40. Patrick Watson – Adventures in Your Own Backyard – Patrick Watson is gaining steam with lush orchestrated indie-rock / folk songs that seem to float and quiver over this excellent album that was remarkably recorded in the singer’s apartment. There are vast sounds coming from every angle, and Watson uses his
David Ramirez
45. David Ramirez – Apologies – Singer / Songwriter David Ramirez wrote the wonderfully introspective folk album that is at times extremely downtrodden and sad, it’s a personal, wear your heart-on-your-sleeves kind of record, that’s posed in a songwriter / storyteller fashion. With his rough voice, and country-tinged music, this may be
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography [S]aturday night’s show to see was within the confines of a sold out Great Scott. Nashville folk rockers The Apache Relay and local favorites The Ballroom Thieves stormed the venue and brought along a couple hundred feverish fans, that made even a cold
Hip Hatchet
50. Horse Feathers – Cynics New Year – Justin Ringle and his angelic voice touches us again this year with Cynics New Year, yet again another quiet but enchanting record of subtle string folk and Ringle’s superbly mellow, rainy day voice coupled with poetic songwriting spanning the sonic space similar to
The Marshall Pass
[bandcamp album=1959537568 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=grande] [T]he Marshall Pass is a duo from Worcester, Massachusetts who recently released an EP that quickly grabbed my eye, err ear. Months ago within a mixtape I included an early track from this EP titled Abilene. At the time, the
Ivan & Alyosha
[I]t seems as though there is boundless amounts of talent coming out of Seattle, and Ivan & Alyosha is one of those bands that exudes that statement. The duo who borrows their name from Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, are getting close to releasing their debut full-length album, All
Goodnight Texas
[A] few months back I had the pleasure of meeting Vinocur & Wolf as part of an east coast tour, a chance to see just how fantastic this band is, how well their music lends itself to a small barn show in a random neighborhood in Boston; how it feels
The Cave Singers
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwQilKbK9Mk[/youtube] [C]heck out a new track from The Cave Singers, which will appear on their upcoming record, Naomi on 3/5/13 on Jagjaguwar. Naomi, could prove to be an excellent effort seeing as acclaimed producer Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, Built
