This week, WTSR Assistant Music Director Nelson Kelly highlights some of the best new albums that the College’s own radio station, 91.3 FM WTSR, puts into its weekly rotation.
Band Name: Cloud Nothings
Album Name: Life Without Sound
Release Number: 7th
Hailing From: Cleveland, Ohio
Genre: Jam-y Garage Rock with a dash of Pop
Label: Carpark Records
Cloud Nothings is the recording project by Dylan Baldi, though at this point it has grown into so much more. For years, Cloud Nothings has been a go-to in the indie rock community, and Life Without Sound affirms this. The album delicately waltzes along the line between pop and rock, as the riffs scream grungy garage rock, but the vocals and hooks are so catchy and accessible anyone could pop this bad boy in and get down to it. PLAY if you like garage rock, pop, music, listening, sounds, etc.
Must Hear:
2. Things are Right With You
3. Internal World
4. Darkened Rings
6. Modern Act
7. Sight Unseen
Band Name: Japandroids
Album Name: Near to the Wild Heart of Life
Release Number: 4th
Hailing From: Vancouver, BC
Genre: Good Ole Garage Rock
Label: Anti
The Canadian version of the Black Keys is back with the same album for the fourth time. What they lack in album art, however, they make up for in good songwriting and good vibes. If the Black Keys represent the dirty, gritty, underbelly of American music, Japandroids takes everything happy about Canada and funnels it into an 8-song album. The title track itself expresses kindred bewilderment that burns throughout eat track. This ultimately results in a very cohesive if samey sounding record full of good vibes and big hooks.
Must Hear:
1. Near to the Wild Heart of Life***
6. Midnight to Morning *
7. No Known Drink or Drug***
