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Long-running garage rockers Thee Oh Sees continue to refine their fuzz-driven sound, hitting a melodic sweet spot with this infectious, wonderful sing-along tune.

The buildup is slow but the payoff is immense.

#GRIZZLY BEAR SHIELDS ZIPPY FULL#

With its thunderous drums, sweeping cello and gorgeous melodies, all four Grizzly Bear membersвЂ™ strengths are on full display on the stunning penultimate track from Shields. вЂњChainedвЂќ is The xx doing what they do best, stripping their music away to a few ethereal, yet melodically satisfying elements.Д«rimming with life and further enhanced by the Dap-KingsвЂ™ horn hits, on вЂњWhoвЂќ, David Byrne and Annie ClarkвЂ™s mutually detached personas play off each other to brilliant effect. The effect when the deluge of sound in вЂњPale LightsвЂќ gets temporarily buried low in the mix, almost beneath the mix, and Elverum describes вЂњpale lights from other islands,вЂќ in a fractured voice reminiscent of Will Oldham, is eerily brilliant, the restrained violence making an opening for the kind of serenity that one returns to time and again, mystified. Where the memorably eventful day-in-the-life narration ends and a sort of chain of awkward and painful events and reflections gets reeled out, the confessional collides with the kaleidoscopic. вЂњThe World Moves OnвЂќ is one of the best songs Lekman has recorded.

Part of a quadruplet of songs that kicks off Sun in spectacular fashion, infectious single вЂњRuinвЂќ provides a winning twist on the Southern soul of Chan MarshallвЂ™s last two records.ДЄrguably, the greatest moment in both vocals and production on Devotion occurs on вЂњWildest Moments,вЂќ a tear-jerking testament to both triumph and failure in which Ware follows the titular refrain with both вЂњWe can be the greatestвЂќ and вЂњWe can be the worst of all.вЂќДЄlthough itвЂ™s not among the most typical touch points for The Fresh and Onlys, channeling Echo and the Bunnymen proves to be one of the better ones for the band as this anthem truly soars. If this is just the beginning, Iluga is most assuredly going places. вЂњTill We Ghosts,вЂќ the debut single by Petite Noir, aka South African producer and singer Yannick Iluga, is a haunting, hypnotic blues explosion with swirling riffs, booming drums and IlugaвЂ™s deep vocals. What вЂњHer FantasyвЂќ lacks in terms of duration against Matthew DearвЂ™s previous albumвЂ™s epic centerpiece вЂњLittle People (Black City),вЂќ it more than makes up for in dense, blissful sonic structures.

As prelude, its first half is all goosebumps and adrenaline as main event, its second half is profound in its transformation from the corporeal to the transcendent. вЂњThe ApostateвЂќ is the most truly majestic moment on The Seer, a slowly lumbering creature that awakens and breathes, grows and intensify, seethes and soars. Mario the barrio colonoscopist, and a clippity-clop horse sound, as well as a bawdy call of giddy-up, giddy-up girl. Strangeness remains, as on вЂњSymphony of the Nymph,вЂќ alluring with its groove and organ chords, trifling or getting true, as you see it, with lyrics about nymphomania in discotheques and bibliotheques, Dr. Rick RossвЂ™ guest spot isnвЂ™t half bad either.ДЄriel PinkвЂ™s Haunted Graffiti вЂ“ вЂњSymphony of the NymphвЂќ Now close to 40, Nas is on top of his game with this fiery track driven by Nasir JonesвЂ™ unstoppable lyrical flow and a piano hook that serves to intensify his verses. On an album that serves as an outlet for Fang Island to explore their immensely talented technical skills, вЂњSisterlyвЂќ offers an incredible balance of acoustic and heavy electric guitar sounds, each instrument suspended in perfect harmony. For now, hereвЂ™s a heavy addition to the already epic playlist of our 2012 jams. Our fall edition of the Endless Playlist is 24 tracks deep, and over the next two months even more great songs will be released, though by then weвЂ™ll be in year-end territory. It certainly still feels like summer outside, and the compilation of unstoppable jams weвЂ™ve been putting together over the past year only keeps on stacking up.

Summer ended over the weekend, which is a drag only in an abstract sense.

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