Mount Kimbie - Crooks and Lovers

Review

Mount Kimbie - Crooks and Lovers

2010

Electronic / Dubstep

1. Tunnelvision
2. Would Know
3. Before I Move Off
4. Blind Night Errand
5. Adriatic
6. Carbonated
7. Ruby
8. Ode to Bear
9. Field
10. Mayor
11. Between Time

5/5!!!

Unfortunately only the promo is available right now, with Hotflush voice-overs, but I suggest you grab it anyways. It sounds like Mount Kimbie have diverged a little from the ambient, warm dubstep sound that made them famous; this album's production is definitely colder and crisper, and the sub-bass is much more subdued than before. The album isn't perfect, but at it's high points it's beautifully restrained, infectious, and extremely creative. If 'Field' isn't an homage to The Field, it sure as hell sounds like one. And I can't think of better cutting of a vocal sample than what MK accomplish on 'Before I Move Off.' That song and 'Carbonated' are probably my favorites, but it's still early and I'll be listening to this one for a while.

Mount Kimbie - Carbonated

Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday

Review
Wild Nothing Summer Holiday
Shoegaze/Indie Pop

1 Summer Holiday
2 Vultures Like Lovers

5/5!

Hell yeah! When is there going to be more?!

Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring

Review
Los Campesinos! Romance Is Boring
Indie

1 In Medias Res
2 There Are Listed Buildings
3 Romance Is Boring
4 We’ve Got Your Back (Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #2)
5 Plan A
6 200-102
7 Straight In at 101
8 Who Fell Asleep In
9 I Warned You: Do Not Make an Enemy of Me
10 Heart Swells / 100-1
11 I Just Sighed. I Just Sighed, Just So You Know
12 A Heat Rash in the Shape of the Show Me State; Or, Letters From Me to Charlotte
13 The Sea Is a Good Place of Think of the Future
14 This Is a Flag. There Is No Wind 15 Coda: A Burn Scar in the Shape of the Sooner State

5/5

The American Dollar - Atlas

Review
The American Dollar Atlas
Post-rock/Ambient

1. A Few Words 2. Age Of Wonder 3. Fade In Out 4. Shadows 5. Oil And Water 6. Circuits 7. Red Letter 8. Clones 9. Equinox 10. Second Sight 11. Frontier Melt 12. Flood 13. Escapist

5/5

Another incredible album from the band that essentially sold me on post-rock. Don't be fooled by the ambient tag, this is post-rock at its most melodic and beautiful. A bit more complex than their past (phenomenal) albums.

Phaeleh - Within The Emptiness

Review
Phaeleh Within The Emptiness
Dubstep, Downtempo

1. Dark Clouds ft. Sammi Pithia
2. Never Knew
3. If
4. Heavenly Lies
5. Numb
6. Awakening ft. Anneka
7. Moving Forward
8. Healing ft. Indi Kaur

4.5/5

Weighs a bit toward the chilled, ambient side of dubstep. Not too heavy-hitting. Strong, consistent production throughout. Don't think I could pick a favorite track if I tried (maybe Numb). Goes without saying that without a proper set of headphones or a subwoofer this album will probably be worthless.

Delphic - Acolyte

Review
Delphic Acolyte
Indie

1 Clarion Call
2 Doubt
3 This Momentary
4 Red Lights
5 Acolyte
6 Halcyon
7 Submission
8 Counterpoint
9 Ephemera
10 Remain

4.5/5

Silkie - City Limits Vol. 1

Review

Silkie City Limits Vol. 1

Dubstep

1 Concrete Jungle

2 Turvy

3 Spark

4 Sty

5 Quasar

6 Purple Love

7 Planet X

8 Cats Eyes

9 Head Butt Da Deck

10 Techno 22

11 Mattaz

12 The Horizon

13 Beauty

4.5/5