Music Review: Jenny Besetzt, Only
The debut release by Greensboro’s Jenny Besetzt teems with fluidity, energy and nostalgia. Only is one long, euphoric ode to a lost love — or, perhaps, a love that can’t get lost.
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The debut release by Greensboro’s Jenny Besetzt teems with fluidity, energy and nostalgia. Only is one long, euphoric ode to a lost love — or, perhaps, a love that can’t get lost.
For fans of the alternative duo Matt & Kim, the band’s fourth album does not disappoint. Lightning is as dynamic as the title suggests, with upbeat tunes that hearken back to classic Matt & Kim singles.
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If Igor Stravinsky were to compose “The Rite of Spring” on a space shuttle in the next millennium, it might sound something like the music that Flying Lotus creates.
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In 2009, The xx’s debut eponymous album achieved critical success, becoming the cult classic of London’s music underground. Fans could only pray that three years later, the band’s sophomore LP, Coexist, would achieve anywhere near the status of an adequate follow-up effort. Boy, will they be pleasantly surprised.
Psychedelic pop
Rising to iconic status with chaotic experimentation and stalwart unpredictability, Animal Collective has taught fans to expect the unexpected. On the heels of 2009’s critically adored and highly accessible (by Animal Collective standards) Merriweather Post Pavilion, it only seems natural for the collective to get wild again.