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Peter
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2012-04-04
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1. Kind of Bleu
Kind of Bleu focuses on new music and vinyl. It features music reviews, interviews, opinions and, occasionally, pairings – food creations (usually with cheese) matched with vinyl albums.
Tags: vinyl, indie music, album reviews, track reviews, music reviews
Latest Blog Posts
- Marching Band – And I’ve Never Seen Anything Like That EPDon’t let their name fool you. Marching Band is actually just Erik Sunbring and Jacob Lind. But what’s even more deceiving than their name is their sound. Sunbring and Lind have a lot going on at once on their latest EP, And … Con...
- David Bowie – “Where Are We Now?”on Jan 9, 2013 in Music Reviews Track Reviews Columbia David Bowie The Next Day Where Are We Now? YouTubeIt’s been a long time since David Bowie‘s last album, so the news of a new release is a big deal. “Where Are We Now?,” the first single from his upcoming album The Next Day, is the first we’ve heard from … Continu...
- The Men – “Electric”Keeping up with their unstoppable pace, The Men are putting out a new album this year. The band traveled to Big Indian, N.Y. to record New Moon – which will be released March 5 on Sacred Bones. The album’s first single, … Continue...
- Ra Ra Riot – “Dance With Me”
- Ty Segall’s Fuzz – “This Time I Got a Reason” & “Fuzz’s Fourth Dream”As if putting out three great albums in one year wasn’t enough, Ty Segall has formed another new band. The ambitious performer is joined by Ty Segall Band guitarist Charlie Moothart in the appropriately titled Fuzz. The group’s debut 7&...
- Top 20 of 2012on Dec 31, 2012 in Music Reviews Balmorhea Black Moth Super Rainbow Bob Dylan Celebration Rock Channel Orange Ends of the World Fiona Apple First Aid Kit Flume Flying Lotus Fragrant World Frank Ocean Grizzly Bear Japandroids John K Samson Kaleidoscope Dream Leonard Cohen Local Business Lucero Miguel Old Ideas Open Your Heart People Get Ready Provinicial Punch Brothers St. Lucia Stranger Tempest The Avett Brothers The Carpenter The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do The Lion's Roar The Men The Mountain Goats The Tallest Man on Earth Titus Andronicus Top 20 of 2012 Transcendental Youth Tropical Punk Until the Quiet Comes Who's Feeling Young Now? Yeasayer
- Top 20 of 2012: 1. Punch Brothers – Who’s Feeling Young Now?1. Punch Brothers - Who’s Feeling Young Now? This year’s top record might be a surprise, unless you’ve actually heard Who’s Feeling Young Now?. Punch Brothers‘ third (technically fourth if you count Chris Thile‘s...
- Top 20 of 2012: 2. Japandroids – Celebration Rock
- Top 20 of 2012: 4. John K. Samson – Provincial4. John K. Samson - Provincial This list has featured a lot of music’s greatest songwriters. Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen are legends, and John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats is certainly working his way there as well. But leave it to Joh...
- Top 20 of 2012: 3. Tropical Punk – Ends of the Worldon Dec 26, 2012 in Album Reviews Music Reviews Bandcamp Denim Records Ends of the World Ithaca Nashville Tropical Punk3. Tropical Punk - Ends of the World Tropical Punk was by-far my most-played artist of 2012. No contest. The Nashville-via-Ithaca band put out a series of three 7″ EPs called Runaway American Kids and their debut full-length Ends of the Worl...
- Top 20 of 2012: 5. Flume – Flume5. Flume - Flume It was a big year for Flume. At only 20, the Australian producer also known as Harley Straten toured with the xx, got over a million YouTube views and even has a gold record in his home … Continue reading →...
- Top 20 of 2012: 6. Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE6. Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE Frank Ocean‘s excellent debut mixtape, nostalgia, ULTRA., caught the attention of Kanye West and Jay-Z, and honestly, he outshined them on his two Watch the Throne tracks. So expectations were high for...
- Top 20 of 2012: 7. Tame Impala – Lonerismon Dec 20, 2012 in Album Reviews Music Reviews Feels Like We Only Go Backwards Kevin Parker Lonerism SoundCloud Tame Impala7. Tame Impala - Lonerism There’s more to Tame Impala than the Beatles comparisons. Sure, Kevin Parker — who is Tame Impala in the studio — really does sound like John Lennon, but more importantly, his music captures the Beatles&...
- Top 20 of 2012: 8. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…8. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do Fiona Apple’s last album Extraordinary Machine is a glaring example of label troubles. After two years R...
- Top 20 of 2012: 9. Balmorhea – Strangeron Dec 18, 2012 in Album Reviews Music Reviews Balmorhea Pyrakantha SoundCloud Stranger Western Vinyl9. Balmorhea - Stranger No album this year even came close to the beauty of Balmorhea‘s Stranger. The Texas band grew out of a duo playing songs about American Southwest folklore. As the band expanded, from two to six – including a string...
- Top 20 of 2012: 10. The Mountain Goats – Transcendental Youth10. The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth The Mountain Goats have been pumping out albums lately. Four albums in the last five years is no small feat, especially when they’re this brilliant. Somehow, even with the birth of his first child,...
- Top 20 of 2012: 11. Titus Andronicus – Local Business11. Titus Andronicus - Local Business After 2010′s epic The Monitor, I was unsure of where Titus Andronicus would go next. The Civil War-themed epic rewrote the rules for punk, but the new songs they debuted at shows didn’t sound like p...
- Top 20 of 2012: 12. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas12. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas Despite a 56-year career, Leonard Cohen‘s only put out 12 albums. That makes each of his releases a rare and special occasion. He doesn’t work at a feverish pace like Neil Young or The Men. Instead …...
- Top 20 of 2013: 13. The Men – Open Your Hearton Dec 12, 2012 in Album Reviews Music Reviews Candy Country Song Ex-Dreams Open Your Heart Sacred Bones SoundCloud The Men Turn It Around13. The Men - Open Your Heart Somehow, The Men have managed to put out three albums in three years. More importantly, it’s not slapped-together LPs of hurried work. The Men actually get better with each record. Open Your Heart is definitely &...
- Ra Ra Riot – “When I Dream” and “Beta Love”on Dec 12, 2012 in Music Reviews Track Reviews Barsuk Beta Love Ra Ra Riot SoundCloud Wes Miles When I DreamRa Ra Riot is releasing a new album next month. Beta Love is the group’s third album and first as a four piece (cellist Alexandra Lawn recently left, and the group is still without a permanent drummer). While it doesn’t have … Cont...
