Ultimately, this is what we care about. You may have a well-regarded LP or EP, but this is radio, and we don't play LPs. Here, it's all about the songs. You either have it, or you do not. There is no in between. And, yes, we take this list more seriously than any other. Listed below, the top 50 songs for the year based strictly on direct listener feedback, total […]
Surprised by the stealth release of the new Raveonettes LP Pe'ahi. Unsurprised by the excellence of the new Field Mouse LP Hold Still Life. It's been a busy week for new music, and we'll dump it all over you all weekend. Brand new haze from The Noise Tigers. Fresh curiosities from Bummed, of Somerville Mass. A fuller experience of The Florist LP Dark Entries (big in Japan, big with our […]
It's a dreamy sound. If you had to compare it to anything, you'd compare it to the sound of Portland rain. The intricate twin-guitar interplay sounds like getting caught in a small but refreshing rain shower. THIS is Soft Shadows. As they prepare for wide distribution of their new full-length disc, Reverb is for Lovers, we sat down with the members of Soft Shadows and asked them about music, philosophy, […]
"We've got glassware / for every season." About a minute into the opening track "Showering with Wine", Sunshine lets you know you're in for something different, better, special. Bright, beautiful, irreverent, unconstrained by musical dogma, the new self-titled LP from Sunshine drops a fat slab of... well, sunshine into your lap and DARES you to dislike it. Hint: you can't. Hazy, sunny guitars and bright but breathy vocals and sparkling […]
