1. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
That voice, those songs, the intensity — Sharon Van Etten, this isn’t a review so much as a marriage proposal. Where did you come from? Why are you so good at everything? Can I have your number?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBldhDijhfg
2. Deep Sea Diver – History Speaks
That voice, those songs, the intensity — Jessica Dobson, this isn’t a review so much as a marriage proposal. Where did you come from? Why are you so good at everything? Can I have your number?
Oh, I said that already about SVE? WHAT ARE YOU, THE INDIE ROCK CRUSH DREAM KILLER?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alsfAS4l1FY
3. Father John Misty – Fear Fun
J. Tillman writes like a honty-tonk Beatle, sings like a Fleet Fox (because he was a Fleet Fox), and has a sense of humor that is somewhere in the middle of Nilsson and Zappa. No way I’m not loving that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS84BMFszW0
4. The Orwells – Remember When
Listen to the album, and then realize that these lo-fi punk-rocking fuckers are all still in high school. Something’s in the water in Chicagoland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXrd6pnehpA
5. The Lumineers – S/T
Hey, Mumford & Sons — suck it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2yTiDlr8Mc
6. Damien Jurado – Maraqopa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyhKQKtPLl4
7. Grizzly Bear – Shields
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuG9i5cwGW0
8. Soundgarden – King Animal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iyv4le1ap8
9. Sera Cahoone – Deer Creek Canyon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YWR7ZM7xQE
10. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROla_B49KbQ
