School of Seven Bells : Alpinisms
released on Ghostly International
reviewed by Max Willens for GBH.tv


Alpinisms is only the debut album for School of Seven Bells, but this dream-pop trio is possessed of an almost visionary focus, and the results are stunning.... MORE

Various Artists : Fabriclive.41: Simian Mobile Disco
released on Fabric
reviewed by Gaspar Oliveira for GBH.tv


Simian Mobile Disco loves the way old electronic music sounds. And on this, their first (but hopefully not last) mix for Fabric, they showcase a bunch of artists who share that love.... MORE

The Chemical Brothers : Brotherhood: The Definitive Singles Collection
released on Virgin
reviewed by Gaspar Oliveira for GBH.tv


Devoted fans know better than to buy Greatest Hits albums. Except for Chemical Brothers fans, this collection is actually totally essential... MORE

DJ/rupture : Uproot
released on the Agriculture
reviewed by Max Willens for GBH.tv

One of the driving forces behind bass music's proliferation releases his most accessible mix yet.... MORE

Sonny J : Disastro
released on Astralwerks
reviewed by Gaspar Oliveira for GBH.tv

Do you really expect us to believe that Fatboy Slim didn't make this record? I mean, come on! Look at the facts!.... MORE

Brazilian Girls : New York City
released on Verve Forecast
reviewed by Gaspar Oliveira for GBH.tv

Bands normally suffer severe shocks to their systems when one member leaves, but Brazilian Girls didn't miss a beat. Instead, on New York City, they sound more assured than ever.... MORE

Sebastien Tellier : Sexuality
released on Record Makers
reviewed by Gaspar Oliveira for GBH.tv

Sebastien Tellier has more talent and connections than he knows what to do with. And here, on an album produced by one half of Daft Punk (Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo), those spoils are all put on display.... MORE

Syclops : I've Got My Eye On You
released on DFA
reviewed by Max Willens for GBH.tv

Maurice Fulton seems to take his privacy pretty seriously. On his latest production effort, the Sheffield-based producer takes a huge step toward making a personal statement about what's sustained him in dance music all these years .... MORE

Hercules and Love Affair : Hercules and Love Affair
released on DFA/EMI/Mute
reviewed by Max Willens for GBH.tv

Everywhere you turn, people are talking about Hercules and Love Affair like it's the next great disco record. But Max thinks the DFA darlings' debut has an indie pop spirit more than anything else, and that it deserves to be categorized as such.... MORE

Santogold : Santogold
released on Downtown Records
reviewed by Max Willens for GBH.tv

Kids choose their own role models. In spite of all the media fussing and meddling, all of the popular music icons of the last quarter century - Madonna, Kurt Cobain, Tupac and Biggie, just to name some of the biggest - have been idolized because of their perceived position outside ..... MORE

Shy Child : Noise Won't Stop
released on Kill Rock Stars
reviewed by Gaspar Oliveira for GBH.tv

The members of Shy Child know how important it is to be in the right place at the right time. And like most successful bands, they also know that sometimes you've got to put yourself in the right place yourself. After a supporting slot on Hot Chip's 2006 North American tour didn't net them the attention they wanted, the Brooklyn duo (Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith) took matters into their owns hands and packed their bags ..... MORE

Koko Dozo : Illegal Space Aliens
released on subTEKst Records
reviewed by Gaspar Oliveira for GBH.tv

As anybody who lives in a city knows, melting pots are always a mess. There's plenty of bad that comes with cultures and backgrounds being crammed together in a tiny space: people get pissed off at one another, tensions sometimes arise, and that romanticized harmony never quite rounds into form. But when it's time to party, it's pretty easy to get close enough to ignore the problems..... MORE

Mochipet : Microphonepet
released on Daly City
reviewed by Max Willens for GBH.tv

Gaspar loves Mochipet, but the Oakland-based DJ's newest album is too beaucoup. Its creator, Mochipet, has found lots to love in each track, and when released as currents in his well-mixed DJ sets, they sound great. But..... MORE

Neon Neon : Stainless Style
released on Lex
reviewed by Max Willens for GBH.tv

Boom Bip and Gruff Rhys have known each other for a long time. Each has been in the music industry for over ten years, and in that time they've played a lot of the same festivals, gone on tour together a few times, and despite working in different circles (electronic and indie rock, respectively), their musical outputs have a lot..... MORE

Cut Copy : In Ghost Colours
released on Modular
reviewed by Max Willens for GBH.tv

It seems pretty safe to assume that Dan Whitford is an excellent DJ. The driving force in Australian band Cut Copy, Whitford's been in charge of two releases whose strength lay in their inspired sonic combinations: his band's debut, Bright Like Neon Love, was a woozy, beguiling mixture of New Wave brightness, indie slack, and dancefloor thump, and their Fabriclive installment, a solid (if slightly safe) blend of dance and indie rock.... MORE

M83 : Saturdays = Youth
released on Mute
reviewed by Max Willens for GBH.tv

M83 has always been about size. Where plenty of bands and artists obsess over capturing minutiae and small details, M83's founding member, Anthony Gonzalez, works like an I-Max director. It doesn't matter what's being shot; it matters that what's.. MORE

Kelley Polar : I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling
released on Environ
reviewed by Gaspar Oliveira for GBH.tv

Kelley Polar is not your average electronic pop musician. After winning a prize at the William Primrose International Viola Competition at the age of 18, he went on to study at both the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Juilliard, and he's currently a violist in a group called the Apple Hill Chamber Players.... MORE

Does It Offend You, Yeah? : You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
released on Almost Gold
reviewed by Gaspar Oliveira for GBH.tv


In its review of Does It Offend You, Yeah?'s debut album, the NME managed to give the quartet a lift ("near-classic," the final verdict read) and a PR problem: the band's core songwriters, the magazine's writer alleged, are laptop-wielders (the horror!). Both the drummer and lead singer, the writer continued, were nothing.... MORE

Moby : Last Night
released on Mute
reviewed by Gaspar Oliveira for GBH.tv

At this point in his career, Moby's playing with house money. He's won a gajillion Grammys, DJed and performed all over the world, and to top it all off he's a millionaire many times over; from a creative standpoint, he's entitled to do pretty much whatever he wants. But after his last two records, 18 and Hotel, got smacked around by critics.... MORE

These New Puritans : Beat Pyramid
released on Domino
reviewed by Bijai Mizell for GBH.tv

Brit rock band These New Puritans seems poised to make a big splash on this side of the pond. After considerable pre-release buzz in NYLON, Q, and NME, Hedi Slimane, the ultimate arbiter of cool, hand-picked them to compose the soundtrack to his August 2007 Dior Homme.... MORE

HEALTH : HEALTH
released on Lovepump United
reviewed by Safiya Sawney for GBH.tv

In describing what emanates from HEALTH, a five-member Los Angeles noise-rock group, "unusual" really just doesn't do the job. After debuting on a split release with electro-punk group Crystal Castles, Health played small concerts.... MORE