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 Lee Adcock

Sonny & the Sunsets – Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)

Sonny & the Sunsets – Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)

God damn it, Sonny. You’re a charming guy. I didn’t care for the first album, the slavishly 50s garage stomp one, and couldn’t see how anyone could choose you over, say, that dude from Unknown Mortal Orchestra as one to fall in love with. And I didn’t even bother with the one that everyone called […]

 Lee Adcock

Mac DeMarco – Salad Days (Captured Tracks)

Mac DeMarco – Salad Days (Captured Tracks)

Music on the American college radio waves lately tends to fall into three basic camps – garage rock revivalists (Perfect Pussy, Bleeding Rainbow, and I think that most unfortunately named Dry Heaves fall here, too); vague, endless beats (DJ so-and-so); and distracted abstract dreaminess (that’s you, Fear of Men). The good stuff slips between those […]

 Scott Creney

Foxygen – We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar)

The new Foxygen album is best appreciated if you empty yourself of all personality and worries before listening to it. This is not a record to be approached if you have a loved one in the hospital or are faced with encroaching debt or ephemeral darkness.