Insound Staff Pick - 2008! There's a symphonic conception at work here, entire worlds within chords, genius hooks that may or may not swing by again, a programmatic, narrative flow that takes us from one place and drops us off in another, like an exhilarating abduction. Just as importantly, you can hear how the band took a little something from each of the bands they'd toured with - Radiohead, The Roots, and Wilco - though they don't sound like any of them. Friend Opportunity is a feat of reinvention that ...   [ read more ]

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The debut album from Sacramento spazz-core panic-rock ear-slayers, Hella, features guitarist Spencer Seim and drummer extraordinaire Zach Hill. The blazing duo smashes through technically profound yet aesthetically simple rock that's been compared to Lightning Bolt (who were so blown away by the band, they took 'em on tour), the Oxes, Pink and Brown, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, and others. Hard hitting, cacophonous, and killer.

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#48 Seller of 2005! To hear Xiu Xiu is to be shaken, disturbed, and shown something original. Jamie Stewart sings haunted and tortured, though always with a sense of humor somewhere below the poisoned blood. La Foret is his most harrowing and beautiful to date, waltzing between acoustic parts so intimate you can hear his shoe scooting on the studio floor as he inches closer to the mic, and pounding dark-wave thunderstorms where electronics go Mogwai loud and Jamie screams over the hissing, spitting deluge....   [ read more ]

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