classics

Person Pitch We finally received our promo copy of Person Pitch over the weekend, and it would be an understatement to say that the record far exceeds even our loftiest expectations. From the ridiculous and sublime Agnes Montgomery album art to Panda Bear's life-affirming "Liars meets Pet Sounds spirit music" (to paraphrase 20 Jazz Funk Greats) there's nothing we don't love about it... R

glass candy Thanks to our friend Sara (not our real friend, just our myspace friend) for inadvertently introducing us to Glass Candy. We don't know much about the duo, aside from the fact that they do an amazing cover of "Iko" (). But we do know that they worked on the new Chromatics record in some capacity, so if you liked that "In The City" song we posted the other day (of c

You can officially add Chromatics to our 2007 "Please Play SXSW" wishlist. We keep hearing good things about their upcoming Shining Violence LP, and this song backs it all up. "In the City" is dark and extremely sexy, and not unlike the Knife's "Heartbeats," definitely has an early '80s vibe working in its favor...

Jracula is somewhat of a bizarro supergroup made up of some of Texas' most interesting and innovative musicians, including Jana Hunter, as well as members of The Octopus Project, Butterknife, Woozyhelmet, and Tame...Tame and Quiet. The band is set to release a split LP with Thick Cybernetic Scarecrow in the very near future...

The new album from Beach House was almost lost amidst a sea of unopened promo cds, but luckily a tip from a friend saved it from its fate at the bottom of a box in my closet. Beach House is a duo (Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand) from Baltimore, Maryland...

Sorry to throw these both into the same post (running late this morning), but both are worthy of your undivided attention. I personally can't get enough of either: After a few listens, I'm addicted to Girl Talk's new record, Night Ripper (thanks Sam)...