Musicon / TopLatest / The Year of Hibernation, inspired melodies by Youth Lagoon
musicon.byzantinewalls.org- Top. The debut LP from Boise, Idaho’s Trevor Powers has all the sonic hallmarks of a bedroom project– lyrics that reference childhood, thin production, reverb– but manages to stand out from its lo-fi peers thanks to a sense of wide-eyed ::More
Musicon / TopLatest / Miles Davis Bootleg Series 1: Live in Europe 1967
musicon.byzantinewalls.org- Top. This 3xCD/DVD set documents Davis shows from 1967 with his second great quintet (Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams). It offers a chance to hear one of the greatest bandleaders of the 20th century push his collaborators into a creative ::More
Musicon / TopLatest / The Slave Ambient of War on Drugs
musicon.byzantinewalls.org- Top. Philadelphia hypno-roots-rock outfit the War On Drugs’ gloriously expansive second album shares several qualities with its 2008 predecessor, Wagonwheel Blues. There’s a sense of open-freeway abandon and splendid isolation set against a glorious ::More
Musicon / TopLatest / Grandaddy tooling around in the basement: The Sophtware Slump
musicon.byzantinewalls.org- Top. Grandaddy’s sad, quaint, low-key Y2K-era classic– with a sound that borrows a little of Neil Young’s earthy tenderness, a little of Pavement’s indifference, and a little of the switched-on melancholy of an ELO ballad– gets the deluxe ::More
Musicon / TopLatest / The Strange Mercy of St Vincent and Annie Clark
musicon.byzantinewalls.org- Top. On Strange Mercy, Annie Clark ditches Marry Me‘s naivety and Actor‘s ostentatious arrangements, boosts the inventive guitar playing, and ends up with her most potent and cathartic release yet. The topic of aging and lost youth is brought up several ::More
