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10 to Spin | Cotton Jones

A few weeks ago, I swooned over the Cotton Jones Pajammy Jam of the Day, “Somehow to Keep It Going.” The track gave me “relentless chills,” and I. fell. in. love. Now the duo has put together a 10 to Spin playlist for us, offering up its favorite artists for a much-needed, Cotton Jones-scheduled, mental … Read more

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10 to Spin | These United States

Photo Credit: Sarah Law Last month, we released our early “Best Of” lists for you to enjoy. Of course, lists like these are always changing. Case in point: We hadn’t heard What Lasts, the fantastic new album from These United States. It’s a dark album, written in the shadow of lead singer Jesse Elliot’s near … Read more

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Our Most Anticipated Albums (Quarter 2)

Bear In Heaven album art courtesy of Dead Oceans/Hometapes There is just waaaaay too much record release action in Quarter 2 for us to pick only 25 albums. So, this time around, we’re scrapping the usual format for this post and going balls out by listing the humongous list of albums coming out in the … Read more

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The Radio Cure | Volume 2.2

These United States | Photo by Shervin Lainez The Radio Cure provides you a smattering of great tracks (all at once!) to cure you of your radio blues. If you don’t know, now you know. The second volume of 2012 features nine tracks, all available for free download, that you can easily slap on a … Read more

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Jam of the Day | Paleo – Holly Would

Photo by Cary Norton Is there a void in your analogue-nomadic-folk record collection? Heralded as a cross between Bob Dylan and The Violent Femmes (and we’re thinking a slightly tripped-out The Tallest Man on Earth), Paleo (aka David Strackany) is the answer to your foot stompin’, midnight ghost conjurations in addition to your early summer desert … Read more