R&B Funk band The Right Now from Chicago

anna.luca – Listen and Wait

written by: Taylor Cowan on April 3, 2012

Anna Luca, a Swedish/German singer/songwriter and veteran of Nu jazz act Club Des Belugas marks her first solo effort, an incredibly luminous and variegated work.

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The Shins – Port of Morrow

written by: Taylor Cowan on March 22, 2012

This album is heads and shoulders more palatable than its three predecessors. Instead of humdrum moroseness, ghostly harmonies and lovably nonsensical lyricism, we have clear vocals, basic premises and (for the most part) cheery vibes.

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Big K.R.I.T. – 4evaNaDay

written by: Taylor Cowan on March 16, 2012

A self-proclaimed “perfectionist,” the amount of sweat K.R.I.T. poured into 4EvaNaDay shines through.

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Zeus – Busting Visions

written by: Taylor Cowan on March 13, 2012

This marks the Arts and Craftsmen’s second full-length and already they’ve come out from moonlighting, guns blazing.

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Charles Bradley Metro Chicago white suit

Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas

written by: Taylor Cowan on February 15, 2012

Never one to shy away from the spiritual, Old Ideas could be Cohen’s biggest testimonial yet.

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Grimes – Visions

written by: Taylor Cowan on February 10, 2012

It could be that Visions is the artist’s own, secret brand of fun but then what’s in it for everybody else? It’s like showing up to a rave, the only person sober.

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Venetian Snares - Affectionate cover
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