Album Review Little Dragon - Ritual Union

I didn't begin the year tasked with finding four quite terrific new albums from my homeland of Sweden.    Yet it happened with Lykke Li's Wounded Rhymes, PB & J's Gimme Some, Those Dancing Days' Daydreams and Nightmares, and now with Little Dragon's Ritual Union.    Little Dragon assures itself significance in modern pop with urgent R&B vocals piled upon fresh synth work and spacey rhythms on their third LP.    Stereolab meets Broadcast with the thickly layered beats and quirk like that of Mux Mool or Dabrye.    The evolutionary tracks: Please Turn and Shuffle a Dream.

FREE DOWNLOADS of Seconds, Seconds (Instrumental), Seconds (Syd The Kyd remix) from Little Dragon website

Little Dragon - Ritual Union (Kontur & b0wler Refocus)
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Little Dragon - Ritual Union (Kontur & b0wler Refocus) by Kontur

Little Dragon - Ritual Union (Irrelevant Remix)
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Little Dragon - Ritual Union (Irrelevant Remix) by irrelevantsounds

Little Dragon - Ritual Union (Cook's Hardcore Ritual Remix)
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Little Dragon - Ritual Union (Cook's Hardcore Ritual Remix) by Steve Clouded Vision (DJ)

Twice, Little Dragon Second Edit
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Twice, Little Dragon Second Edit by Josh Fernandez 3

Little Dragon - Fortune (Bluntspeakers Remix)
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Little Dragon - Fortune (Bluntspeakers Remix) by bluntsports

Little Dragon - Please Turn


Little Dragon - Shuffle a Dream


Little Dragon - Little Man


Little Dragon - Nightlight




1. Ritual Union - Little Dragon - (Album: Ritual Union)
2. Little Man - Little Dragon - (Album: Ritual Union)
3. Brush the Heat - Little Dragon - (Album: Ritual Union)
4. Shuffle a Dream - Little Dragon - (Album: Ritual Union)
5. Please Turn - Little Dragon - (Album: Ritual Union)
6. Crystalfilm - Little Dragon - (Album: Ritual Union)
7. Precious - Little Dragon - (Album: Ritual Union)
8. Nightlight - Little Dragon - (Album: Ritual Union)
9. Summertearz - Little Dragon - (Album: Ritual Union)
10. When I Go Out - Little Dragon - (Album: Ritual Union)
11. Seconds - Little Dragon - (Album: Ritual Union)

Album Review:Cults - Cults

Cults' self-titled first release plays out like brightly lit scenes deleted from a David Lynch film, as the New Yorkers draw from early girl group Motown, Broadcast's haunting song construction, Blondie's vitality, and the clever simplicity of Magnetic Fields.    This blend of historic styles that Cults uses as construction material also finds them distinguished as the first group signed and pressed by Lily Allen's new record label.    This is future film noir or psychological thriller soundtrack material alongside The Raveonettes, The Kills, Tamaryn, and Timber Timbre.

FREE Download of Cults - Walk At Night
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Cults - Walk At Night by Tequila Don Julio

FREE Download of Cults - Oh My God
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Cults - Oh My God by dominodromo

FREE Download of Cults - Go Outside (Menahan Street Band Remix)
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Cults - Go Outside (Menahan Street Band Remix) by SOLREPUBLIC

FREE Download of Cults - Go Outside (Zimmer Edit)
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Cults - Go Outside (Zimmer Edit) by Zimmer

FREE Download of Cults - Go Outside (Daytrotter Session)
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Cults - Go Outside (Daytrotter Session) by Pretty Much Amazing

FREE Download of Cults - Go Outside (Brainbheats rmx)
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Cults - Go Outside (Brainbheats rmx) by arimyg

FREE Download of Go Outside (stackerbloc Remix) - Cults
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Go Outside (stackerbloc Remix) - Cults by JasperWeeda

FREE Download of GUARDS - Sail it Slow (feat. CULTS)
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GUARDS - Sail it Slow (feat. CULTS) by 3 Syllables Records

Cults - You Know What I Mean


Cults - Abducted


Cults - Go Outside


Cults - Most Wanted


Cults - Oh My God


Cults - YouTube Mix






Cults - Cults (self-titled) Tracklist:

01. Abducted - Cults - (Album: Cults)
02. Go Outside - Cults - (Album: Cults)
03. You Know What I Mean - Cults - (Album: Cults)
04. Most Wanted - Cults - (Album: Cults)
05. Walk At Night - Cults - (Album: Cults)
06. Never Heal Myself - Cults - (Album: Cults)
07. Oh My God - Cults - (Album: Cults)
08. Never Saw The Point - Cults - (Album: Cults)
09. Bad Things - Cults - (Album: Cults)
10. Bumper - Cults - (Album: Cults)
11. Rave On - Cults - (Album: Cults)

Album Review:Pollyester - Earthly Powers

Munich's Pollyester finally collect enough acutely quirky electro-pop songs and jam it into an LP entitled Earthly Powers replete with accompanying moody night-shot videos.     Concierge d'Amour, German Love Letters and Pikant are the highlight tracks.     Think Cocteau Twins meets Broadcast meets Bunny Lake.

Pollyester - Concierge d'Amour



Pollyester - German Love Letter



Pollyester - Pikant



Pollyester - Round Clocks



Pollyester - You Are Amen



Pollyester - Old Shoe

Album Review:Jenn Grant-Honeymoon Punch

Rock n' roll narcissism school tells folks that if they ain't slick or gorgeous, there's a high potentiality that you'll get overlooked.    I hope this isn't true of Nova Scotia's Jenn Grant, as January's release of her Honeymoon Punch album is filled with crisp Trish Keenan's vocals from Broadcast with Liz Phair's quirky arrangements and a big ol' handful of lollipops and sunshine.    Yum.