Two Tim Hecker cuts.

Tim Hecker is a producer responsible for some really interesting, non-objective soundscapery.


Haunt Me, Haunt Me, Do It Again (2004)


Harmony In Ultraviolet (2006)

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - The Doldroms (2004)

Low key low-fi for nostalgic, zoned-out listening.



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Two Devendra Banhart cuts.

The South American born, Texas raised Devendra Banhart is part of the New Weird America movement. He's responsible for some of the more well-known psych-folk in the genre, and oh boy is it enjoyable! As with most artists within this neat genre, the music is leaps and bounds more challenging and engaging than anything within more traditional folk sounds. If you don't know him, I highly recommend his music. Here are two starting points.


The Black Babies EP (2003)


Cripple Crow (2006)

Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive (1976)

Every part of this album, particularly the gratuitous use of the talk box, rules. Completely.


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Jamiroquai discography.

Though I found this band far too late, I'm really just thankful that I did at all. Their cosmic disco funk is, in my opinion, one of the finest things to have arrived in my ears so far in my life. I'm not even kidding; they are definitely one of my favourite bands. Here are all their studio albums!


The Return of the Space Cowboy (1995)


Traveling Without Moving (1997)


Synkronized (1999)


A Funk Odyssey (2001)


Dynamite (2005)

School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms (2008)

I caught the tail end of this band's set when I saw M83 in November, and I was so impressed that I went straight home and checked them out. This whole album is really lovely; supposedly it was named for a myth of a school in either pre-colonial South America or America in which children were taught to pickpocket- fabulous!



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Huggy Bear discography.

Huggy Bear was an English, co-ed, riot grrl band in the early nineties. They put out two records of which I am aware, and they're both pleasant (insofar as grinding punk music with screechy but passionate vocals can be pleasant) and well-done.


Taking the Rough With the Smooch (1993)



Weaponry Listens to Love (1994)

Go Sailor - Self-Titled (1996)

Go Sailor was a really adorable twee pop band that tragically only released one album before their creative demise. I found them through a compilation CD I bought in the seventh or eighth grade, Boys Lie, which I will probably put here at some point soonish. This whole album is really listenable and sweet.



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Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008)

Dark, lovely, melodic and perfect drone.



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Sigur Rós - Live at the Southside Festival in Germany (2008).

I was fortunate enough to have seen Sigur Rós twice this year, though only the latter occasion was worth mentioning. The first wasn't as great not because they didn't sound as stunning and mind-numbingly beautiful as they usually do; rather, it was because I was sitting in a field at 2am with a bunch of hippies waiting for my acid to kick in. In fact, the only highlight of that show was when two members signed my copy of their new album before the show that night, which is not to say I'm at all disappointed about that. However, I saw them a second time in September at a proper venue, an old church that puts on shows during the week, in NYC, which was purely sublime. Here is a live cut from a festival they played in Germany.



1. Svefn-g-englar
2. Ný Batterí
3. Glósóli
4. Við Spilum Endalaust
5. Hoppípolla/Með Blóðnasir
6. Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur
7. Hafsól
8. Gobbledigook
9. Popplagið

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