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DBF Album Reviews
Eels – End Times (BVaz) - 70
Girls in Trouble – Girls in Trouble (Daigle) - 81
Hot Chip – One Life Stand (BVaz) - 76
Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Letting Up Despite Great Faults (BVaz) - 86
Los Campesinos! – Romance Is Boring (BVaz) - 86
Red Pens – Reasons (BVaz) - 75
Will Stratton – No Wonder (BVaz) - 84
Yeasayer – Odd Blood (BVaz) - 88
Girls in Trouble – Girls in Trouble (Daigle) - 81
Hot Chip – One Life Stand (BVaz) - 76
Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Letting Up Despite Great Faults (BVaz) - 86
Los Campesinos! – Romance Is Boring (BVaz) - 86
Red Pens – Reasons (BVaz) - 75
Will Stratton – No Wonder (BVaz) - 84
Yeasayer – Odd Blood (BVaz) - 88
Recent Album Reviews
88
Yeasayer – Odd Blood
Posted March 9th, 2010 by BVaz · 1 Comment
Yeasayer has returned with their follow up to the stellar All Hour Cymbals ealier this year with their release of Odd Blood. It seems that this release has stirred some love/hate reactions around the web, but for myself I very strongly and clearly am coming down in the love camp on this one. This album is incredible, and certainly sits as the leader in the clubhouse on album of the year so far ...
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86
Los Campesinos! – Romance Is Boring
Posted March 5th, 2010 by BVaz · No Comments
I have pretty much been a fan of Los Campesinos! from the first instant I heard the first few tracks on their debut Hold on Now, Youngster..., and having loved and listened to their prior efforts and having seen them live twice I was really looking forward to this one, but also wondering if we would just get some more of the same. But I should have known they wouldn't disappoint me at all ...
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70
Eels – End Times
Posted February 25th, 2010 by BVaz · No Comments
Eels, AKA Mark Oliver Everett, released this stripped down new album last month called End Times. The album certainly has its moments and at times really seems like it could be building towards something, but ultimately I think you have an album that has some solid tracks and some solid moments but overall as a full realized album doesn't quite do everything well enough to be great.
He strays into folk territory and more blues-y ...
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76
Hot Chip – One Life Stand
Posted February 9th, 2010 by BVaz · No Comments
The UK masters of the fun dance jams Hot Chip returned this week with their latest release titled One Life Stand. As anyone who has heard their records before or seen their live show knows, no band really infuses a fun vibe into their music and genuinely seems to be loving what they are doing any more than these guys, and that great trend continues once again on this fine effort. The record ...
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84
Will Stratton – No Wonder
Posted February 3rd, 2010 by BVaz · No Comments
Will Stratton is a NYC-area singer-songwriter who released this album No Wonder in October last year and as I have been listening to it pretty solidly over the past week I have to say I am very impressed here and this is some great, great stuff. Generally a very chilled out, spacious acoustic kind of sound, he really sets a great mood and a great tone with these songs. Great wintry kinds of ...
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75
Red Pens – Reasons
Posted January 26th, 2010 by BVaz · 1 Comment
Minneapolis' Red Pens are a band that seems to be getting out there a little bit more and with good reason, they have a great sound and a lot of energy and some great songs here on their debut record, "Reasons". So far it seems like they have really gotten some serious local attention but you haven't heard much on them on the national stage, but I imagine that will probably change here at ...
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Girls in Trouble – Girls in Trouble
Posted January 20th, 2010 by Daigle · No Comments
Girls in Trouble (the band) is the alter ego of Alicia Jo Rabins, who released Girls in Trouble (the album) in November of last year. After I gave this a couple of listens, I decided to find out just who Girls in Trouble were, and as it turns out there is basically nothing out there on this rather excellent and promising debut record, which is a shame because top to bottom, this album is a real ...
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Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Letting Up Despite Great Faults
Posted January 19th, 2010 by BVaz · No Comments
Well for my first review of the new year I will jump off on this one I received not long ago, the self titled debut from the LA band Letting Up Despite Great Faults, which was released in October of last year. These guys have perfected an awesome mix of shoegaze-y jams with a distinct pop leaning, almost a cross between M83 and Pains of Being Pure at Heart. There is a mixing ...
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Ivan Ives – Newspeak
Posted December 1st, 2009 by BVaz · 6 Comments
This is an album I've been wanting to write about forever. I got it way back like maybe even in January or something and was trying to time a review with the release date, but the release in May came and went, and it is a shame because this is easily my favorite hip-hop record this year and I am really kind of surprised that it hasn't gotten any more attention that it has. ...
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Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
Posted November 17th, 2009 by BVaz · 1 Comment
Also a little late on this one, but better late than never on what is easily one of the top few releases of 2009. This is such a great record and it just grows on you more each time you explore it honestly. I was initially kind of enamored with these guys after catching their set at the Pitchfork party at SXSW, and subsequent to that they released this great record Bitte Orca. ...
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