when i first listened earlier today i was like "meh. better than expected." then i listened a couple more times and was like "ok...ok! OK!" now, i'm wine drunk and all "YES!! can they really be back?!"
My favorites thus far:
1. Kurt Vile
2. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
3. The Growlers
4. Foxygen
5. Deerhunter
6. White Fence
7. Devendra Banhart
8. Shannon and the Clams
9. Vampire Weekend
10. Jacco Gardner
MBV, Parquet Courts, Beliefs, and Nightlands are in the running too. This year has been especially fantastic for new releases, and I don't say that every year (I don't think so anyway...)
sorry to Coke for their delicious caramel cola beverage, sorry to Taco Bell for the bitchin' "Live Mas" tagline, and sorry to Red Bull/Doritos for obvious reasons.
this is excellent! really like the eastern vibes woven in and out. the song lengths are perfect, too. it's really tough to keep a 6+ minute song from dragging.
because it sounds like top 40 radio in '91 - whenever i listen to haim i imagine i'm picking out cassette tapes while driving to the beach with my mom in her '87 toyota celica
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