Dinosaur Feathers "Whistle Tips" - 2012 LP

For some reason I bought the new Rolling Stone Magazine.....It's their "500 Greatest Albums" edition....Well i've had it sitting next to my color palette at the studio for abOUt a month....Soooo i decided to crack 'er open today.....Sgt. Peppers #1....Pet Sounds #2....Revolver #3....Dylan....more Beatles.....Wait a minute???? white....white....white.....white.....chardonnay.....What racist cracker motherfucker wrote this list???? It's all white dudes for over 10 pages.....AHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!! Trust me.....the people who wrote this list are white and haven't had to struggle too hard for much.....Oh mayan!!! Where the eff is Robert Johnson?....Muddy Waters?....Son House?....They're kinda responsible for every album on your pleated khaki colored list morons.....Don't get me wrong.....I love me a good racist joke.....(yeah i said it)....but c'mon....this list is downright an outrage.....That being said I'm glad they put The Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" at #2....That American treasure of an album rarely gets the credit it deserves.....Need proof? Cut to 46 years later... their influence is stronger than ever......Dinosaur Feathers are rare....Pulling off upbeat/pop/vox wall harmonies/twee elements/non linaer songs.....is hard to do....."Whistle Tips" is one of the better pop albums i've heard in 2012.....You know your friend who has a band and you always gotta go see them live and it kinda blahs?....Dinosaur Feathers could easily be that band....but they are rad:

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Dinosaur Feathers "Young Bucks" mp3

Dinosaur Feathers "SURPRISE!" mp3

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Dr. John "Locked Down" - 2012 LP

My studio is my office, my sanctuary, my retreat.  I'm there everyday and everyday an idea is executed or a project is completed...Picasso completed over 50,000 paintings....I want to beat that......Other than studio visits, the occasional assistant, or a client dropping by to say hi......I'm there alone.....Total isolation....Complete knuckle to the grindstone creativity.....The only road block bringing my ideas to life is....myself.....Today I do not feel alone.....there is something or somebody in the studio....I can't see anyone near me...I didn't invite anyone today.....but something is here....a presence.....voodoo baby....What happens when Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys gets ahold of a music legend???? Apparently magic.....voodoo magic.  Dr. John is one of America's greatest treasures.  An icon.  The Dr.'s 2012 effort, with the help of Auerbach, is sure to be on a majority of "Best Of" lists this year.....This album is silly good....gospel rock/afro beat elements/retro rock/part psych/a little bit of everything in this dark rockin' masterpiece:

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Dr. John "Locked Down" mp3

Dr. John "God's Sure Good" mp3

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Beach House "Bloom" - 2012 LP

Oh mang....Okay....we get it Beach House....You are effing rad....the t-mcgee...One of the best bands OUt there.....And their 2012 effort Bloom does not dissapoint.....Soooooooo good/super modern/dance elements/pop rock/Sub-Pop is crushing it!!!

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Beach House "Myth" mp3

Beach House "Lazuli" mp3

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Waylon Thornton "Baladora" - 2012 EP

Remember the end of Back to the Future???....That black dude calls his cousin 'Chuck'...."You know that new sOUnd you've been looking for....???"...Waylon Thornton makes me feel like that....I wanna call everyone I know and tell them how rad this band is....There is NO WAY they are from 2012.....No way they are a new band.....some of the best new/retro-surf rock/instrumental rock....i've ever hear.....Love how the EP cover is just a creepy gator foot....I wanna drive fast through the desert in a convertible searching for bull skulls with a baggy full of mushrooms....cue upclose scorpion:

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Waylon Thornton "Bat Glasses" mp3

Waylon Thornton "Cold Spot" mp3

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Lotus Plaza "Spooky Action at a Distance" - 2012 LP

What is the current state of indie music?....Where is it headed?....People are actually going to see shows again....Great bands are starting to be heard.....Hell people are even buying vinyl....Lotus Plaza is about the best barometer of the current state I've heard....First off, they stem from Deerhunter.....(in America's top 3 most important bands).....Second off, they are contemporary as eff.....DIYvibe/etheral pop/airy vox/slight prog element/amaing pop record/contemporary pop that is....indie pop......this album is so fracking good:

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Lotus Plaza "Strangers" mp3

Lotus Plaza "White Galactic One" mp3

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