Perpetually melancholia new-wave outfit The Brixton Academy have a new album out on September 28, called Bright As Diamonds. This follows last year’s achingly gorgeous Vivid and end-of-year EP L.O.T. The song titles hint that TBA are still being TBA…”Neons Bright,” “Youth,” “Real Romance” etc etc…which also means plenty of emotional sharing via a vaguely…
The late-2010 L.O.T. EP find The Brixton Academy frequenting the same nightclubs they did on Vivid, but this time they mean business. Back on that album, the group ordered a drink and then posted up in the back alone, thinking about having a good time rather than actually having a good time. Fast forward a…
10. Puffyshoes Something Gold Welcome to the top 10, and what better way to start the countdown than with what should be the most divisive album on this entire list. Of course, everything needs to be taken in context – Puffyshoes’ debut album didn’t get enough attention to really inspire the sort of rage that,…
10. Nu Clear Classmate “Blank World” “Suicide Pop,” Nu Clear Classmate’s self-created genre of choice, would be a tough one to explain save for the efforts of one pop star to define it for the world by complete accident – M.I.A. Her mostly reviled 2010 album ///Y/…for the record, not nearly as bad as critics…
40. The Telephones “Kiss Me, Love Me, Kiss Me” The video tries to trick you into thinking The Telephones remain the same attention-rattled guys as before, the type of band who would make finger puppets the big draw of their clip. “Kiss Me, Love Me, Kiss Me” the song, though, finds the group getting a…