This feels like a practical joke. Kevin Shields released ten B-sides for the express purpose of A. money and B. joy at watching posers pose.
Good: Blue Hawaii-Untogether
Now this is my kind of modern art pop. Accessible but inventive. Mixing Bjork, Cocteau Twins and The Knife with some Bay Area, hyphy-lite beats and a warm, mammalian core. Music to wait out March with.
Better: The Men-New Moon
The Replacements+Meat Puppets? (I came at this equation independent of The A.V. Club. Damn my non-prompt posting habits!) Sometimes very noisy Americana finds a new angle on traditional Townes Van Zandt-esque Western themes. Sounds so fresh it just might make country cool again, like Uncle Tupelo in '93.
Best: Yo La Tengo- Fade
The Velvet Underground, watching a kid's soccer game after a great brunch and some QC with the spouse. YLT carries on with such clear-eyed, full-hearted adult sense of purpose. Reinvigorating; the perfect pick-me-up after a long day. If their white noise turned you off previously, this one's for you. Their Loaded.
Bonus, Honus!
16:55 of northwest hermitcore* at its finest.
*expository essay forthcoming; I hereby copyright this term
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