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Lembranças by Impacto Cinco
If this album cover doesn’t do it for you, just press play….
There you go.
They get a little more psych-rock on the rest of the album but this one has the jazzy progression and the swanky sax. The singing is copping Joao Gilberto.
Lágrimas Azuis means “Blue Tears”. Como adequado.
Oh how we love these no-filler nuggets.
The EP format has been around longer than the LP format, and it seems to be making a comeback as of late. This year there were tote-loads of quality EPs (partial thanks to Bandcampy for that) and we had a tough time limiting this list to 5.
(in alpha order)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Horse Power EP
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Check out our MUST DIE Top 20 Albums list and stay tuned for our Honors Menchy (the gems that didn’t make the cut).
Over a month ago, we published our Top 20 Albums of 2010 and our Top 5 EPs of 2010. We wanted to get this list of our additional favorites out sooner but… you know, stuff happened.
EPs (in alpha order. band name links to official stuff, EP name links to filestube search return)
American Men - Cool World EP
Beach Beach - Leeuwenhoek +3 (free download)
Casa del Mirto - The Eternal (free download)
CFCF - The River EP
Chad Valley - Chad Valley EP
Dom - Sun Bronzed Greek Gods
Dominant Legs - Young at Love and Life
Geographer - Animal Shapes
Jonquil - One Hundred Suns EP
Librarians - Present Passed
Sunglasses - Sunglasses
Sunsquints - The Rider
TV Girl - TV Girl EP
MillionYoung - Be So True
Lord Huron - Mighty EP
Dunian - Dunian
Emil & Friends - Downed Economy EP
LPs (in alphy order. we were too lazy to link these. and you probably have them by now newayz)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Baths - Cerulean
Beach Fossils - S/T
Beach House - Teen Dream
Bonobo - Black Sands
Caddywhompus - Remainder
ceo - White Magic
Conspiracy of Owls - S/T
Dosh - Tommy
Efterklang - Magic Chairs
Elliot Lipp - Peace Love Weed 3D
Fang Island - S/T
Flying Lotus - Cosmogram
Foxes in Fiction - Swung From The Branches
Future Islands - In Evening Air
Future Trends - Palace of Dust
Gamble House - S/T
Glasser - Ring
Golden Ages - Tradition
Librarians - Present Passed
Magic Man - Real Life Color
mother sun - Those Who Have Eyes Are Divine
Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
PRIMARY 1 - Mess Detective
Prins Thomas - S/T
Rangers - Suburban Tours
Reading Rainbow - Prism Eyes
Suckers - Wild Smile
The Superimposters - Sunshine Pops
Surfer Blood - Astrocoast
The Brother Kite - Isolation
The Depreciation Guild - Spirit Youth
The Soundcarriers - Celeste
Turning Torso - Walker
Viernes - Sinister Devices
William Brittelle - Television Landscape
Working For A Nuclear Free City - Jojo Burger Tempest
Yamon Yamon - This Wilderlessness
Young Man - Boy
The Young Sinclairs - The Songs of The Young Sinclairs
Somethin’ 2 Say by DUDES
I wanna have a show on K-Earth 101 FM so I can play songs like this and make parents confused.
More DUDE tunage on their bandycamp.
Top Bunk by Gauntlet Hair
Few things:
I can’t believe it’s been a year and a half since we first got a taste of these guys. Glad they made the full-length happen. TWSS.
Image via sleepingunderstatues
Before the Art by CAANDIDES
These kids are from Paris but they sing in English. You should download their excellent debut EP for free on their bandcamp.
The instrument production is beautifully rowdy and the vocal phrasing can be David Byrne-ish at times (like on “Sun Way Too Low”).
image via lightcolorsound
