like The Cure, but wish they were updated with a 2010-style beat? then this album’s AotW is for you!

The sophomore album by this Chicago band, who are influenced by the likes of wire and Television, is a home-run. There’s genuinely not a bad song on the album.
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Also recently released is the solo album by Brigid Dawson of the Oh Sees, with a band called the mothers Network (a idea of the hat to Frank Zappa?). Titled Ballet of the Apes, it’s still indie folk, but I found myself a lot more deeply entranced by this record than by anything by Oh Sees. “The Fool” felt a bit like Nirvana’s Pennyroyal Tea, bringing a modern psych vibe to a grunge sound. Carletta’s in Hats again has a ’60s British psychedelia flavor. When My Day of the Crone Comes also feels very ’60s, but a lot more like Donovan.  The title track recalls Pink Floyd’s work with Syd.

The album is nearly a tribute (in sound–these are all originals, no covers) to the acid-dropping days of the ’60s.  very cool.

Ballet Of Apes by Brigid Dawson & The mothers Network
Runner Up album of the Week: empty Country’s eponymous debut is a solid collection of smooth Americana.
Empty country by empty Country