CocoRosie – Tales Of A GrassWidow (City Slang)
Angela Carter crossed with the newspaper, myth and reality intertwined in a tragic dance. That’s CocoRosie right there.
Bon Iver – Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
Bon Iver is hazier than you expect. It is lost and narcoticized, simultaneously desperate and asleep.
Laurie Anderson – Homeland (Nonesuch/Warner)
It’s easy to miss Laurie Anderson. She might have been out there in the creative spectrum for over 30 years and she’s artistic royalty but still she lives on the fringe, experimenting with art, theatre, instillation and the like. Maybe once or twice a decade she’ll release a collection of songs but they often skirt […]