Superb indie/twee pop comp by Magic Marker label, which brings together all your favorites. An odds and sods collection over 2 CDs. Every track is lovely: includes Shins, the Decembrists, Mates of State, The Dressy Bessys, The Thermals, Tullycraft, All Girl Summer Fun Band, and the Aislers Set.
PLAY ALL TRACKS!!!!
Sounds like 311 to me.
1,3,4.
WRUV’s own DJ Formbuilder describes his superb show as including “ambient countryscapes.” This term applies readily to M83’s 2004 “Before the Dawn Heals Us.” These Frenchmen create dramatic, atmospheric music.
1-4, 6, 8, 10, 12.
Pop punk ska stuff that comes off like Goldfinger.
1,4.
Lilting, melodic coffee shop indie pop. lovely female vocals, sparse instrumentals, soaring harmonies!
1,3,5,6,8,10.
Slightly poppier than their earlier efforts, this droney, glacially beautiful album is slowcore at its best. It’s probably my second favorite album of theirs behind “Things We Lost in the Fire.”
2,4,5,8,10,11.
Featuring several Drive-By Truckers, this record was put together by about a dozen musicians in Athens, GA over the course of a year, read cover blurb for the full story. Anyway, it is an eclectic, athens-flavored record that touches on a number of twangy styles. Patterson Hood sings on a number of tracks.
2,5,7.
LB is a charming hodge-podge of indie rock poses. I turned on track one and thought i had accidentally thrown on Weezer’s “Holiday.” The majority of the record sounds much like Superchunk. At times, there is a Neutral Milk Hotel feel, including the title track, which we previewed as an advanced single. Track 8 should be enshrined at the Malkmusonian.
1,3,6,8. FCC 2,5,7.
Eclectic sounding mix of soul, Fogelbergcore, Jack Johnson, and whatever it is that Ben Harper does. Fits well on a major label. Innocuous, pretty music that offends no one and offers the RIAA a hint of “authenticity.”
1,3.
Catchy Guided by Voices-like rockers who lay it on sweetly and sincerely, just like Lionel Richie.
1,3,4,7.