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Artist: PhoenixAlbum: Bankrupt!Label: Glassnotehttp://wearephoenix.com/
I read once somewhere that Phoenix’s Thomas Mars sings in English because he feels that it is the language f… Read More
1. Bon Iver by Bon Iver
Bon Iver may be the most welcoming album on my list, but it’s most certainly not the easiest to get into. The first time I was introduced to Justin Vernon&rsquo&hell…Read More
1. Cults by Cults
With their debut album, Cults kicked down the door to the house of Pop, put their muddy boots on the coffee table and declared the estate belonged t… Read More
Hi!
We’re more than a month late but a few of the people who’ve written for Chant (that’s three of us) have compiled some best-of lists.
We hope you enjoyed the great… Read More
Artist: Neon IndianAlbum: Era ExtrañaLabel: Static Tongues/Mom + Pophttp://neonindian.com/Written by Matthew LaterDespite its recent growth in popularity, chillwave still remains the… Read More
Artist: Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum: I’m With YouLabel: Warner Bros.
The gap between Red Hot Chili Peppers’ most nodal records was a little less than a decade. Nodal, becau… Read More
Artist: BeirutAlbum: The Rip TideLabel: Pompeii You’ll still hear an accordion and trombone on Beirut’s newest release, The Rip Tide, but as more of an accompaniment to the… Read More
Artist: Bon IverAlbum: Bon Iver, Bon IverLabel: Jagjaguwarhttp://boniver.org/Here Bon Iver’s walled-in sobriety is stripped from the girl and given to geography, an expanse that seems… Read More
Artist: Death Cab For CutieAlbum: Codes and KeysLabel: Atlanticwww.deathcabforcutie.comThree-chord purists will say (like they did for Narrow Stairs) that Codes And Keys is shooting for mai… Read More
Artist: My Morning JacketAlbum: CircuitalLabel: ATO mymorningjacket.comReview Guest-Written by Pierce CourchaineAt its very best, My Morning Jacket seemingly unites two drastically dif… Read More
Artist: The AntlersAlbum: Burst ApartLabel: Frenchkisshttp://antlersmusic.com/Review guest-written by Matthew LaterWhen a band’s breakout record is tagged as career defining, it is e… Read More
Artist: Tyler, the CreatorAlbum: GoblinLabel: XLOdd Future’s Tyler the Creator sprawls across an exhumed chaise longue, sounding out frustrations to a low-pitched alter ego whose fo… Read More
Artist: Fleet FoxesAlbum: Helplessness BluesLabel: Sub PopReview Guest-Written by Pierce CourchaineWhile the world toted Fleet Foxes’ debut album as a harmonic eargasm, I scoffed at th… Read More
Artist: TV on the RadioAlbum: Nine Types of LightLabel: InterscopeA lot of people are throwing around words like “softer” and “introspective” to describe TV on the R… Read More
Artwork by Andrew Peters
Artist: The Strokes Album: AnglesLabel: RCAWhen traffic for the free download of “Under Cover Of Darkness” crashed the Strokes’ website on Fe… Read More
Artist: The WeekndMixtape: House of BalloonsThe guy from the Weeknd really likes breasts. But he’s tortured, and talented, too. Dispatching from a pitch-black blog, and when not posti… Read More
Artist: Broken BellsExtended Play: Meyrin FieldsLabel: ColumbiaIn some ways, Brian Burton has forgotten the gambits that took him from basement bricolage to as close to celebrity as produce… Read More
Artist: The DodosAlbum: No ColorLabel: FrenchkissTwo poses a problem. On 2009’s Time to Die, the Dodos struggled with giving a z-axis to their x-y grid. It’s a phase experienced… Read More
Artist: RadioheadAlbum: The King of LimbsLabel: XL RecordingsAndy Yorke will, again, spend Christmas complaining about his older brother’s success. But perhaps with company? Radiohead… Read More
Artist: Iron & WineAlbum: Kiss Each Other CleanLabel: Warner Bros. There’s a Faustian kind of element to Sam Beam. The more he trades away his soft-lipped soulfulness—… Read More