Dragons Power Up!, Educate Her Hair
Azure Ray, Nothing Like a Song
Autolux, Sugarless
Neverever, Baby Oil and Iodine
Zee Avi, Bitterheart
Au Revoir Simone, Through the Backyards
Hindi Zahra, Beautiful Tango
Audrye Sessions, Nothing Pure Can Stay
Babes in Toyland, All by Myself
Liftoff, Kool It Man
The Bad Plus Joined by Wendy Lewis, Barracuda
Baby Guts, Rum and Coke
Big Deal, 13
Bambara, Snakes in Our Hair
Balbec, Nova
Olivia Broadfield, Coming for You
Bangs, S.O.S.
Bagheera, Solstice
Jessica Jalbert, Daniels
Bang! Bang! Eche!, (You + Me) As Thick as Thieves
Bardo Pond, Just Once
Sumner Brothers, Big Rock Candy Mountain
Beat Happening, Teenage Caveman
Bat for Lashes, Horse and I
Damn Handsome and the Birthday Suits, Incredibles
The Bears of Blue River, Tickled Pink
Belle and Sebastian, Act of the Apostle
Axelle Red, Elle Est Tout Pour Lui
Beirut, Vagabond
The Anthemeers, Stray Dog
Belly, Slow Dog
Best Coast, When the Sun Don’t Shine
Claps, Final Time
Ben + Vesper, Honors
Benyaro, Dogs
Old Monk, Telephone Bones
Be Your Own Pet, Spill
Bikini Kill, Rebel Girl
Voltaire Twins, Romulus
The Bird and the Bee, I’m a Broken Heart
Bis, Popstar Kill
Phenomenal Handclap Band, Following
Big Tree, October
Posts Tagged ‘balbec’
Joel’s Hit Show, Episode 61, April 25 2010 Playlist
April 25, 2010Massive Attack, Girl I Love You
Please Do Not Fight, Up Up Up
The Watson Twins, Modern Man
Basia Bulat, Heart of My Own
Joan of Arc, (Track 5)
Stringer Belle, Take This Song
Akai, Satellite
Twin Tigers, Passive Idol
Mixtapes & Cellmates, All of the Above
Innocent Bandits, When Another Sun Shines
Olof Arnalds, Klara
Balbec, How to Achieve God-Like Status
Soft Cotton County, Cosy Little Life
Sonya Kitchell, Snowing
Hildur Victoria, Four Young Sons
Balbec “Rise and Fall of a Decade”
February 17, 2010I found it hard to believe that I had never heard of Balbec until I realized they were from France. That explains a lot. But I won’t hold it against them; the sound is that good.
The album’s title makes me think that the decade to which they are referring is the ’90s, because this sound is straight outta Matador Records. It doesn’t try to overpower you. The unassuming nature just makes you want it that much more. “How to Achieve God-Like Status” is very approachable in this fashion. I also want to vote for “Pedro Bonita” for Song of the Year. It has everything you could want from a Velocity Girl-era track.
“Drifting” sounds like a refined Eve’s Plum track. I knew somebody would be able to do it eventually, and I am glad that it was Balbec.
This album does a lot of things for me, and I look forward to being in the loop about upcoming releases.
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