Posts Tagged ‘Adam Granduciel’
December 10, 2011
Yuck
2011 turned out to be a pretty great year for music. Though it started off a bit slow, an impressive amount of new talent as well as seasoned songwriting vets emerged with stellar releases this year. In some cases, bands and artists returned with their strongest material in years. In others, emerging artists have given us some amazing things to look forward to for the future. And in others still, bands who have been kicking ass for a few years now are, well, still kicking ass. Here are Record Geek Heaven’s Top 20 Albums of 2011: (more…)
Tags:Adam Granduciel, Alan Moulder, Beady Eye, Beatles, Bon Iver, Comet Gain, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Das Pop, Deerhoof, dinosaur jr, East River Pipe, Flamin' Groovies, Fleet Foxes, Flood, Fred Cornog, Fucked Up, Gary Louris, Girls, Gruff Rhys, Jonny, Julian Casablancas, Kurt Vile, Liam Gallagher, Lifeguards, Los Campesinos!, Marc Olson, Michael Benjamin Lerner, Mike Kinsella, Noel Gallagher, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Oasis, Owen, Real Estate, Rooftop Vigilantes, Sloan, Sonic Youth, St. Vincent, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Teenage Fanclub, Telekinesis, The ACB's, The Jayhawks, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Strokes, The War on Drugs, Title Tracks, Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Yuck
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October 11, 2011
Rounder Records
The Jayhawks – Mockingbird Time
Firstly, this is not a Jayhawks reunion album. Sure, it’s been eight years since their last one (Rainy Day Music), but so many bands have gone even longer between albums without formally breaking up that it seems counterproductive to call this a reunion. Secondly, this isn’t even a reunion album for original Jayhawks songsmiths Mark Olson and Gary Louris, since they released an acoustic album together last year. So then, what is Mockingbird Time? (more…)
Tags:Adam Granduciel, American Football, Gary Louris, Joan of Arc, Kurt Vile, Mark Olson, Mike Kinsella, Owen, Polyvinyl, Rounder Records, Secretly Canadian, The Jayhawks, The War on Drugs
Posted in New Music | 7 Comments »
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