And to kill time while our blog is on annual leave exploring Australia, here’s a special edition of the loop to recap the best records that have seen the light of day so far this year, focusing in popular favourites that haven’t yet been released as singles, such as the week’s honorary number one, Philadelphia rocksters The War On Drugs and ‘Burning’ our favourite from their acclaimed latest opus; those that we originally ignored or didn’t appreciate as much as they deserved, Future Islands‘ terrific ‘Seasons’ (Waiting On You)’ is a good example; or tracks from albums that didn’t have a clear standout moment but are still worthy of notice.
Check this informal edition with the first quarter of 2014 music review after the jump
| THE WAR ON DRUGS Burning (Secretly Canadian) From 'Lost In The Dream' |
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| BEYONCÉ Pretty Hurts (Columbia) From Beyoncé' |
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| ANGEL OLSEN Jagjaguwar (Columbia) From 'Burn Your Fires To No One' |
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| SUN KIL MOON Carissa (Caldo Verde) From 'Benji' |
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| FUTURE ISLANDS Seasons (Waiting On You) (RE) (4AD) From 'Singles' |
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| WILD BEASTS A Simple Beautiful Truth (Domino) From 'Present Tense' |
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| ST. VINCENT Digital Witness (Darkside Remix) (Other People) From 'St. Vincent' |
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| BURIAL Rival Dealer (Hyperdub) From 'Rival Dealer EP' |
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| PERFECT PUSSY Big Stars (Captured Tracks) From 'Say Yes To Love' |
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| CLOUD NOTHINGS Pattern Walks (Wichita) From 'Here And Nowhere Else' |
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| ISAIAH RASHAD Soliloquy (Top Dawg) From 'Cilvia Demo' |
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| DAMIEN JURADO Magic Number (Secretly Canadian) From 'Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son' |
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| REAL ESTATE Primitive (Domino) From 'Atlas' |
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| ACTRESS Gaze (Werkdiscs) From 'Ghettoville' |
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| NENEH CHERRY Naked (Smalltown Supertown) From 'Blank Project' |
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 | MARISSA NADLER Firecrackers (Bella Union) From 'July' |
| TODD TERJE FEAT. BRYAN FERRY Johnny & Mary (Smalltown Supersound) From 'It's Album Time' |
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| LIARS Can't Hear Well (Mute) From 'Mess' |
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| BLANK REALM Fallin Down The Stairs (Fire) From 'Grassed In' |
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| SCHOOLBOY Q Break The Bank (Top Dawg) From 'Oxymoron' |
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| POSSE Interesting Thing No. 2 (Beating A Dead Horse) From 'Soft Opening' |
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| MICA LEVI Love (Rough Trade) From 'Under The Skin OST' |
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| | TIMBER TIMBRE Hot Dreams (Arts & Crafts) From 'Hot Drea,s' |
| NACHO VEGAS Un Día Usted Morirá (Marxophone) From 'Resituación' |
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| LINDA PERHACS Prisms Of Glass (Ashmatic Kitty) From 'The Soul Of All Natural Things' |
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| EMA So Blonde (Matador) From 'The Future's Void' |
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| TOVE LO Habits (Universal AB) From 'Truth Serum EP' |
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| STROMAE Tous Les Mêmes (Island) From 'Racine Carrée' |
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| MILLIE AND ANDREA Stage 2 (Modern Love) From 'Drop The Vowels' |
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| KATY B Still (Sony) From 'Little Red' |
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| EAST INDIA YOUTH Glitter Recession (Stolen) From 'Total Strife Forever' |
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| THEE SILVER MT ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA Birds Toss Precious Flowers (Constellation) From 'Hang On To Each Other EP' |
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| SZA FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR Babylon (Top Dawg) From 'Z' |
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| YOUNG FATHERS Low (Big Dada) From 'Dead' |
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| FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB Thuggin' (Madlib Invazion) From 'Piñata' |
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| MØ Waste Of Time (Sony) From 'No Mythologies To Follow' |
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| SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS You'll Be Lonely (Daptone) From 'Give The People What They Want' |
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| MAC DEMARCO Blue Boy (Captured Tracks) From 'Salad Days' |
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| SEPTEMBER GIRLS Sister (Fortuna Pop) From 'Cursing The Sea' |
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| MOODYMANN FEAT. ANDRES Lyk U Use 2 (KDJ) From 'Moodymann' |