http://shyturnip.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://shyturnip.com/2012/02/03/hospitality-eighth-avenue/ http://shyturnip.com/2012/01/10/michael-beach-straight-spines/ .................................... [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Races"][/caption] .................................... [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Bleached"][/caption] http://shyturnip.com/2012/01/10/cmj-2011/ It's been an exceptionally eventful couple of weeks for me.  Things are happening! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Generationals at Red 7 Patio, SXSW 2011"][/caption] I just returned from my first SXSW.  I saw somewhere in the neighborhood of 30+ acts, including American Music Club, Austra, Capsula, Decades, The Dodos, DOM, Generationals, The ... http://shyturnip.com/2011/03/23/where-am-i-going-where-have-i-been/ http://shyturnip.com/2011/02/22/tame-impala-its-not-meant-to-be/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="The Luyas"][/caption] I find that a lot of the bands I'm discovering and liking lately feature female vocalists. Some, like The Luyas' Jessie Stein and Some Community's Juliana Vacaro, sing in charmingly off-key, bird-like voices. Sometimes--more often with Stein--there's a child-like quality to the vocals, ... http://shyturnip.com/2011/01/27/listen-up-2-the-luyas-and-some-community/ http://shyturnip.com/2011/01/21/some-community-junk/ http://shyturnip.com/2011/01/13/lower-dens-truss-me/ Two of Stereogum's top 20 overlooked albums of 2010, from Buke and Gass and Crocodiles, were in my (premature) best of 2010 list.  I came to new music kind of late in 2010, and a lot of good music came out last year, so I give myself a pass for ... http://shyturnip.com/2011/01/13/listen-up-1-lower-dens/ I was asked to compile a best of 2010 list for QRO, and what was a 10-song list has turned into 15.  It might have been 20--maybe next year's list will be.  If I were to redo the list in a few days it might look a little different as ... http://shyturnip.com/2010/12/07/top-15-albums-of-2010/