Diane Coffee

My Friend Fish

Western Vinyl

Dec 13, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Diane Coffee is the alter ego of Shaun Fleming, recently seen behind Foxygen's drumkit. Fleming—who also had a spell voicing Disney characters in shows like Kim Possible—put together his Coffee debut, My Friend Fish, in two weeks. More

Cage The Elephant

Melophobia

RCA

Dec 13, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Kentucky's Cage The Elephant have named their latest album after the fear of music. Seeing as most people that know that won't be able to listen to it, it is somewhat irrelevant but interesting nonetheless. More

65Daysofstatic

Wild Light

Superball

Dec 13, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Bearing more than a passing resemblance to fellow Brit noise merchants Fuck Buttons, 65daysofstatic is aiming for higher ground on its fifth studio album. More

The Field

Cupid’s Head

Kompakt

Dec 12, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Swede Axel Willner, aka The Field, is a man who can create a mood. From the euphoric minimal techno of 2007 album From Here We Go Sublime to his earlier work sampling Lionel Richie and The Four Tops, he has gained a reputation for multi-layered, building dance music that borders on the hypnotic. More

Gambles

Trust

GMBLS

Dec 12, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Opening with a softly drifting acoustic guitar reminiscent of Van Morrison's "Into the Mystic," Trust—Matthew Daniel Siskin's first full release under the Gambles moniker—immediately suggests itself to be a Jake Bugg-esque record that's most likely to appeal to a small, slightly uninterested early evening crowd at one of the more family-friendly festivals. More

Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs

Clarietta

America/Heavenly

Dec 12, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Another group of London-based '70s fetishists with frankly questionable hair, Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs play a harder-edged brand of glam garage rock than psych labelmates TOY and Temples. More

Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band

Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band EP

ZNA

Dec 11, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

It's probably fair to say that we are not currently living in the age of the polymath. Jamie Foxx and, once upon a time, Will Smith have turned their hands to hip hop, and Tom Waits and Jon Bon Jovi make the odd film appearance with varying degrees of success, but none of these are exactly Thomas Young. More

Au Revoir Simone

Move in Spectrums

Instant

Dec 11, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Move in Spectrums is filled with the perfect, warm sounds ubiquitous in contemporary indie pop-the gorgeous "We Both Know" washes you away on a bubbling river of guitar-but there's far more here than just another collection of likable-but-forgettable songs. More

Blitzen Trapper

VII

Vagrant

Dec 11, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

VII gives you no indication that it was created after 1975. Blitzen Trapper's seventh full-length continues in the band's tradition of offering listeners a timeless blend of folk, rock, roots, gospel, country, and everything in between. More

Melvins

Tres Cabrones

Ipecac

Dec 10, 2013 Music Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Two alternating line-ups weren't enough to keep them busy, so core duo Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover have now formed a third concurrent incarnation of the hardest-working band in heavy rock. More