Through sheer laziness, I’ve flirted around with the idea of compiling The Daily Graboid every two-three weeks as opposed to the regular way of doing it once per week. I’m not sure which format I prefer, so I’ll just leave it up to you guys. To be honest, I’m leaning towards just sticking with the original format. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it — right?
Anyways, as you can see with the list, I’m missing a few of the bigger releases from the past few weeks (Regina Spektor, Wilco, etc.). With so much ground to cover, I decided to just include the albums that had a free download attached to it, so if there’s anything I may have left off, feel free to let us know!
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Blue Roses,
Bowerbirds,
Brian Olive,
Broken Records,
Chris Garneau,
Deer Tick,
Dinosaur Jr.,
Discovery,
Foreign Born,
God Help The Girl,
Luke Top,
Oneida,
Reverie Sound Revue,
Royal City,
Son Volt,
Spinnerette,
Stellastar*,
Sunset Rubdown,
The Antlers,
The Bats,
The Budos Band,
The Daily Graboid,
The Minus 5,
The Phenomenal Handclap Band,
Those Darlins,
Tiny Vipers,
Tom Brosseau,
Tortoise,
UuVvWwZ,
We Were Promised Jetpacks
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Recently, one of our long-time commenters here on TYS, who goes by the handle Joymonger, tipped me off on a band who’s album I completely missed out on with The Daily Graboid. Of course, I would listen to anything recommended from our readers, though, as usual, I took my precious time in finally getting around to listening to them. The band is called The Antlers, a brooklyn-based band (how surprising) who’s recent release Hospice came out early last month and is a follow-up to their self-released album In The Attic Of The Universe back in 2007.
Our reader mentioned the band having a similar aesthetic to that of Beach House, which I imagine seems fitting considering they covered the track “Apple Orchard” from them at one point. I’m not willing to go that far myself, as the few songs I’ve heard lean towards a more refined kind of folk, with a solid song structure and instrumentation. At times, Peter Silberman hints at Jeff Buckley a little with his falsetto, which provides a whole different dynamic to these songs.
For a different perspective, Taylor over at Music For Kids… likens them to a sort of “Shins-like” acoustic instrumentation. Regardless, the music is solid, and I’m making up for missing out on their album with this post.
MP3: The Antlers :: “Bear”
MP3: The Antlers :: “Two”
MP3: The Antlers :: “Apple Orchard (Beach House cover)”
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The Antlers
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