Discovery

ALBUM REVIEW: Matt & Kim – Sidewalks

DOWNLOAD: Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend Remixes OK GO

When Vampire Weekend producer, composer, songwriter, and sometimes vocalist Rostam Batmanglij remixed — under his remix moniker Boys Like Us — OK GO’s “White Knuckles”, he had only one thing…

ON DECK

LISTEN: New Andy Butler (Hercules and Love Affair) – And I’m (So In Love With You) We may have to wait until January to listen to Hercules and Love Affair’s…

The Best Songs of 2009

Artwork by the talented and generous Adam Sarpalius. The final list is here. We have been working on this Absolute (sarcasm) Best Songs of 2009 list all year, updating it…

Pretty Much Amazing’s Best Albums of 2009

Artwork by Brian Kuperman 2009 was an exceptional last year in an exceptional decade for music. In 2009 we were bombarded with solid release after great release after epic release…

Sleigh Bells

Photo by Punk Photo Sleigh Bells is the loud, creative forced brought to life by Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss. Derek played in a hardcore band, and Alexis well, she…

pmaCAST #19: The Indie Melodrama

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pmaCAST #16: For Summer Only

DOWNLOAD: MP3 / iTUNES There are many reasons why I feel that summertime is the best time of the year, and most of them are here on this playlist. Spanning…

Discovery – LP, Album Review & Vinyl + CD Giveaway

Discovery LP XL out July 7th 86/100 [Rating Scale] [rating:86/100] With the recent passing of Michael Jackson, every blog I read had some kind of eulogy to the king of…

Discovery – So Insane/I Want You Back (Jackson 5 Cover)

“So Insane” is another track off Discovery’s metronomic album, LP that has a so-insane hook, “oh baby you got me going so insane and I just don’t know what’s going…

Discovery – Carby (ft. Ezra Koeing of Vampire Weekend)

I didn’t ever think I’d hear Vampire Weekend auto-tuned out. Especially since auto-tune died and everything… Alas, auto-tune is very much alive, no, it’s actually thriving in Discovery’s debut LP,…

pmaCAST #14: Yes, I Love Fred Falke Remixes

DOWNLOAD: MP3 / iTUNES And here is the fourteenth installment of the pmaCAST, a bi-monthly playlist that I hope will enrich and soundtrack your week. This week I went with…

Vampire Weekend plus Ra Ra Riot equals Discovery

I have three confessions: I love Vampire Weekend, and I love Ra Ra Riot, and I love Discovery. What Discovery is, besides the spaceship and a TV channel, is Ra…