Artist: Woods
Title: At Echo Lake
Label: Woodsist
Release Date: May 11, 2010
I had the good fortune of catching Woods open for my favorite psychedelic Swedes, Dungen, last August at Johnny Brenda’s in Fishtown. At first I wasn’t sure what to expect. One band member kneeled on the floor the entire stage with an old cassette tape player and a mic making all sorts of static noise loops while the rest of the band appeared to be playing on equiptment that was swiped out of a 60’s pawn shop. Little did I know I would be getting some sort of wonderful fusion between The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, and Animal Collective. Now upon the heels of glorious SXSW buzz and hype they’re releasing a most anticipated follow up to their very stellar Songs of Shame LP.
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Head First: Goldfrapp Resurrects the Dancing Queen
Artist: Goldfrapp
Title: Head First
Label: Mute
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Now let’s get this straight – I love almost everything Goldfrapp touches. Everything except the last full length release, Seventh Tree, which only contained one redeemable track. When I heard a new Goldfrapp album was in the pipeline a few months ago my excitement was met with a tinge of hesitation. Would we be getting another half-baked attempt at sounding like an M83 rip off? Or would the goddess of electro-glam be making a reappearance? Turns out the ‘frapp has awakened from their slumber and decided to bust back onto dance floors across the globe with their latest LP effort Head First.
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