Neu!- Neu!. 1972

Neu!, great early krautrock, great listen. Its quite a trip fest for the most part mostly containing very simple and looping themes, which consequently induce the almighty TRANCE MODE. I felt like I took a ton of qualudes or something, the beat is SO consistent and the musical tangents they walk you through are so comfortable. Every other track goes between a complete cluster fuck of experimental noise, to a swirled mix of dreamy popiness, all keeping a forced precise beat. Kraftwerk, Stereolab fans... this is when you scream in excitement. Highly recommended.

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Beach House- Self Titled & Devotion. 2006 & 2008

"The delicate, languid, minimalist pop of Baltimore duo Beach House's "Devotion" is a glimmering dream. These love songs creep forward in bossa nova rhythms and even meters like they're chasing after a slowly receding tide. Victoria Legrand sings in a cave-echoed voice that bridges between a sort of one-room-over ethereality and a pungent melody, gliding over the mix (drums, piano, and organ, mostly) like a low-hanging cloud, stretching her words into near incomprehensibility. Her high, breathy peaks on "Turtle" are charmingly imperfect, while "Gila"'s slide guitar dances with her voice like a returned lover, hopelessly devoted." - Michael Byrne

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Midnight Movies- Self Titled. 2004

Huge fan of this band. I had no clue until I started this entry, but these guys already have another album that just came out a little bit ago, o well, we are sticking with the self titled. With a great voice, stereo lab retro-ness, dark overtones... the album is extremely pleasing. The range of style is really fun to keep up with, from psychedelic pop to sullen looping madness. The female singer has a cello'd voice that could be easily compared to Nico's, as I'm sure it is. This album for me is a lazy sunday arnold palmer alone time kinda high kick album. I've been helping my brother move out recently and this one takes the cake for being relaxing enough to settle down to, yet interesting enough to not nod off at the same time.


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