Following the news of Vampire Weekend’s sophomore record “Contra” hitting the Billboard Number 1 in the States -the first album released by a British independent label to hit the top spot in two decades; plenty of exciting music was launched or previewed this week. Among the flow of new releases, the album that has earned the best reviews is Baltimore duo’s Beach House third opus “Teen Dream”. It was streamed in its entirety by NPR radio and every track has a promo video. All of them collected on a bonus DVD as part of the original release. The album is being hailed as a dream-pop masterpiece and will establish the duo as one of today’s most interesting artists.
#42-GIL SCOTT-HERON-I’m New Here (XL)
Pocas vueltas han sido tan celebradas como el regreso del influyente poeta Afro-americano Gil Scott-Heron. Una década después de sucumbir al abuso de drogas y alcohol contra el que algunas de sus más icónicas letras profusamente advertían (‘The Bottle’), rescatado del olvido por el dueño de XL Recordings. La mitad del disco era poesía, la … Read more