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Only 20 days in and this year’s already promised so much: more long-awaited reunions, revivals and releases than we could’ve ever dreamt, maybe that new My Bloody Valentine and, of course, #BabyYeezy. The Exec Board shares what we’re looking forward to in 2013. Mike...

We loved so many things about 2012 that we’re not ready to let it go just yet. Here’s our favorite cover tracks from 2k12:   Divine Fits – “Shivers” “I’ve been contemplating suicide, but it really doesn’t suit my style” sounds exactly like the kind of cocky...

Titus Andronicus – Local Business Titus Andronicus‰' third album, Local Business, seems to find the band thinking about its long-term career and making some subtle changes in its sound and approach as a result. In this way, the record‰'s title has a lot more meaning...

Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It When I named Put Your Back N 2 It my favorite album of 2012, I was often met with the response of “ugh, it’s so depressing though.” It’s true; one can easily get caught up in the record’s topics (“17” is about a gay teenager’s...

Mount Eerie – Clear Moon / Ocean Roar Mount Eerie’s latest albums show a perfect contrast: tranquility and disorder. Clear Moon feels emotionally satisfying with elements of Elvrum’s past concepts embedded (the black metal elements of Wind’s Poem, the folk ideals of...

Kool A.D. – 51 Rappers love talking about being the realest in the game. About how none of their actions are dictated by societal pressures or whatever else forces one to act “non-authentically”. But here’s a newsflash: if you have to talk about being real, you aren’t...

Azealia Banks – 1991 After serving up a club smash with last year’s “212”, rapper/singer Azealia Bank came through this year with an ear-catching blend of hip-hop and house music on 1991, her short but sweet debut EP. This four-track effort showcases Banks’s talent...

Julia Holter- Ekstasis “Avant-pop.‰” “Ambient experimental.‰” “Ethereal.‰” “Baroque-pop.‰” Try as they might, the blogs cannot pin a clean tag on Julia Holter‰'s sophomore album Ekstasis. Though they are not entirely wrong. Underneath the layers of antique atmosphere,...

Holograms – Holograms Holograms‰' self-titled debut evokes the gray energy of Joy Division and the synth based percussion of the ’80s. Though a bit odd in theory, the Swedish quartet takes all of their frustration and despair and produces something that‰'s more than...

Zammuto – Zammuto When The Books broke up, music fans mourned. The band produced some of the most thoughtful, inspiring, and creative music of this generation between Nick Zammuto‰'s found-sound samples and Paul De Jong‰'s cello loops. Zammuto is Nick‰'s first solo...