Taking A Look Back At 2009

It impossible to listen to every album that gets released during 2009 in the many indie genres and sub-genres so it's very easy to pass by many albums that might have deserved a chance at...

Most Grievous of Errors

I have so many release dates running through my head during the year that sometimes they get mixed up and it doesn't help to try and keep track of both US and UK dates. Normally...

There went the lists

We had a bit more year-end stuff planned for you, but our department was recently cut from seven to five, and take a wild guess who got to pick up the slack? So here...

Artist of the decade, 2000-2009

She doesn't remember it this way, but I do. This would have been late 2004 or early 2005. I was delirious with fever and half-sleeping, half-listening to her sing our infant son to...

"we really wanted to put dre's 2001 on here but realised it came out in 1999. in 2019 people will want to put this on these lists but will realise it came out in 2009. i think i just compared this to 2001. that's fine, i'm sticking with it."

She doesn't remember it this way, but I do. This would have been late 2004 or early 2005. I was delirious with fever and half-sleeping, half-listening to her sing our infant son to...

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"Two" by The Antlers

December 5, 2009 | by Fred

From Hospice. These guys are phenomenal. And yes, I only discovered The Antlers for the first time on Tuesday, while putting this post together:

Comparisons to Arcade Fire’s debut album are more than fair. But one immediate, obvious difference is that the lyrics to Hospice are almost too painful to hear.

What else can we say? You need to own this album. This is five star, turn the volume to 11, cry while driving, sing loud even though you can’t sing, it’s baroque and don’t try to fix it, gold-plated indie rock.

Tags: Hospice, The Antlers, Two