the penultimate batch...
Snake in the Grass (Thomas Function): the ultimate punk one-two punch song.
The Only Bones that Show (Baby Dee): the rasping, guttural longing of a man transfigured by pain.
Mykonos (Fleet Foxes): uprooted tenderness juxtaposed with immense hurt.
While You Wait for the Others (Grizzly Bear): a sickly-sweet psychedelic wonder.
Stay Loose (Belle and Sebastian): a sad pop caper that loses and regains hope with amazing speed.
The Sloganeer: Paradise (Meshell NdegeOcello): Fantastic jazz imprint. NdegeOcello continues to merge her expanded sense of melody with her forceful lyrical input and such a result is gorgeous as well as groovy.
Kidz Are So Small (Deerhoof): a blissful collage of Bjork-like childish admissions that work in an off-beat, simplistic manner. Witness how Satomi’s vocals concede ground to the bare essentials driving the tune and one realizes how nuanced her work has become.
Also Frightened (Animal Collective): dub-step meets persistent electronic waves of distortion; trust Animal Collective to unearth a sub-genre within their cadre of sound
Ring the Alarm (Beyonce): the first real vindictive twitch from the decade’s defining R&B self-made diva.
Almost Crimes (Broken Social Scene): a lovely, electro-dance mash-up of strife and tension.
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