Heartless Bastards, Parted Ways
Fanfarlo, The Walls Are Coming Down
Fading Collection, Antlering
Xiu Xiu, Hi
Fabulous Disaster, No Stars Tonight
Fastbacks, Believe Me Never
Sleigh Bells, Born to Lose
Family of the Year, Living on Love
Feist, Anti-Pioneer
The Magnetic Fields, Andrew in Drag
Fereshta, Motherland
Fever Ray, Dry and Dusty
Sea Lions, I Should Be Sleeping
Fitz & the Tantrums, MoneyGrabber
Firehorse, She’s a River
The Jezabels, Long Highway
Sarah Fimm, Crumbs and Broken Shells
Orenda Fink, Bloodline
Frankie Rose, Interstellar
The Fiery Furnaces, Single Again
Florence & the Machine, Girl With One Eye
Big Deal, Distant Neigborhood
Flashing Red Airplane. It’s a Long Way Down When You Know Your Way
Fonda, Imitation of Life
Sharon Van Etten, All I Can
Fol Chen, In Ruin
Frente!, Labour of Love
Tennis, High Road
Edith Frost, Waiting Room
Free Kitten, Noise Doll
Anya Marina, Hot Button
Eleanor Friedberger, My Mistakes
Fur Cups for Teeth, Edie Idol
Grimes, Genesis
Fuzzy, Lemon Rind
Fun., We Are Young
Memoryhouse, The Kids Were Wrong
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Greenwich Mean Time
Victoria George, Lately I
Loquat, Time Bending
Gem Club, I Heard the Party
Lisa Germano, If I Think of Love
Imperial Teen, Last to Know
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Hannah Georgas, The Deep End
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March 10, 2011Now, Now, Rebuild
Dum Dum Girls, Oh Mein M
The Duhks, Sleepin’ Is All I Wanna Do (Stars on a Sunny Day)
Distant Dice, Goodbye
Dynamite Club, Besame My Love
Dubstar, Anywhere
Black Math, Bottomless Sea
Dutchess/Duke, Let It Die
Elastica, Da Da Da
Tamaryn, Sandstone
El Perro del Mar, You Can’t Steal a Gift
Eisley, Telescope Eyes
Webelos, Inside My Head
Echobelly, Taste of You
18th Dye, Crank
Trashcan Sinatras, Send for Henny
Brand New, Mix Tape
Elizabeth & the Catapult, Just in Time
The Epoxies, You Kill Me
The Jezabels, Dark Storm
Espers, I Can’t See Clear
Erase Errata, Other Animals Are #1
Victoire, Like a Miracle
Esquimaux, In the Night
The Ettes, You Can’t Do That to Me
Salteens, Don’t Break My Heart
Evelyn Evelyn, Love Will Tear Us Apart
Eva & the Heartmaker, Please!
Neon Legion, Twin
Exene Cervenka and the Original Sinners, History Now
Fabulous Disaster, My Static
Kids of 88, Just a Little Bit
Fanfarlo, I’m a Pilot
Fading Collection, The Real Rotator
Malachai, Anne
Family of the Year, Let’s Go Down
Feist, My Moon My Man
White Sea, Ladykiller
Fastbacks, Goodbye, Bird
Orenda Fink, Sister
The Electric, Toot Toot (Freestyle) Radio
Fitz & the Tantrums, L.O.V.
The Fiery Furnaces, Inca Rag/Name Game
William Brittelle, Hey Child
Sarah Fimm, To Be Alive
A Fine Frenzy, Think of You
Eels, This Is Where It Gets Good
Flashing Red Airplane, It’s a Long Way Down When You Know Your Way
Florence + the Machine, Kiss With a Fist
Alphabet Soup, Episode 9, 1 August 2010 Playlist
August 1, 2010Ludo, Love Me Dead
Dynamite Club, Ladykiller
The Duhks, Mighty Storm
Ear Pwr, Future Eyes
Dutchess/Duke, Let It Die
Heather Duby, What You Thought
Feist, Mushaboom
A Fine Frenzy, Come On, Come Out
Sarah Fimm, How Does It Feel
The Fiery Furnaces, Up in the North
Florence + the Machine, Dog Days Are Over
Fabulous Disaster, No Stars Tonight
Flashing Red Airplane, It’s a Long Way Down When You Know Your Way
Fonda, Electric Guitars
Free Kitten, Surf’s Up
Frente!, Labour of Love
Edith Frost, My God Insane
Joel’s Hit Show, Episode 46, November 22 2009 Playlist
February 7, 2010La Roux, Bulletproof
Selby Tigers, Jumpsuits
Otter Petter, The Fourth of July
Sea Sick, Black Cat
Piney Gir, Hello Halo
Secadora, Blanket
Lissy Trullie, Just a Friend
Scout Niblett, Hot to Death
Dutchess/Duke, Let It Die
Stella Schindler, Walk a While
Manic Street Preachers, Marlon J.D.
The Corner Laughers, For the Sake of the Cat
The Corner Laughers, The Commonfest Manifesto
The Corner Laughers, Stonewords
The Screaming Cherry Blossoms, American Cheese
Hawnay Troof, Daggers at the Moon
Polly Scattergood, Unforgiving Arms
The Lower 48, Transmission Pt. 2
Sarah Fimm, Crumbs and Broken Shells
¡Andale!, Walk Away
Savath y Savalas, No Despierta
Amos the Transparent, The M.O.B. Catalogue
Save Ferris, The World Is New
The Starfolk, Wake Up Machine
Sahara Hotnights, Keep Up the Speed
Parlour Steps, Soft Lies
St. Etienne, Only Love Can Break Your Heart
A Fine Frenzy, New Heights
Rubies, Stand in a Line
Joel’s Hit Show, Episode 40, October 4 2009 Playlist
October 4, 2009Shonen Knife, Deer Biscuits
Dot Allison, In Winter Still
Anjulie, Boom
The Aislers Set, Catherine Says
The Do, Tammie
A Girl Called Eddy, The Long Goodbye
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson, Relator
A Camp, The Weed Had Got There First
Sarah Fimm, How Does It Feel
Adele, Chasing Pavements
Saskia Crescentia, Free Me
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Date With the Night
Thee Headliners, Double Dutch
Yenn, Belle Gunness
The Dry Spells, The Crow
X-Ray Spex, Germfree Adolescents
Vandaveer, Turpentine
Jen Wood, Recharge
Lhasa, Love Came Here
Elizabeth Willis, Thoughts
Taken by Trees, Watch the Waves
Wire Daisies, Rocket Girl
The Beatings, Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Winterbrief, Chick Flick
Tiny Animals, Is This the Last Time?
Von Iva, Birds of Prey
Divisible, A Girl You Can’t Love
Martha Wainwright, Far Away
Park Avenue Music, Piet
Anna Waronker, Beautiful
The Watson Twins, Map to Where You Are
The Verbs, Fooled by Rock n Roll
Visqueen, Look Alive
Veruca Salt, Disinherit
Sarah Fimm “Red Yellow Sun”
September 27, 2009Sold as an electronic performer, I was surprised to hear what’s essentially another singer/songwriter whose voice is too good to end up at a farmers market. “Crumbs and Broken Shells” sounds like something Emily Lord would do, although I don’t know whether Sarah Fimm has any children. The album cover has no baby pictures.
I guess Sarah Fimm could be a Dot Allison/St. Etienne clone, except she isn’t. Nobody can sing as well as Allison, and St. Etienne doesn’t really focus on slow, plodding guitars. But what Fimm does do is great. She is just much better at expressing herself than explaining herself. “Violet” personifies this identity crisis, and she comes off as a lesser Kate Bush. The footsteps she is following require big feet, or something about shoes to fill. Either way, she’s screwed.
There’s another angle to take: Remember B-Tribe? She’s not as ambient as them. (B-Tribe actually weren’t ambient in the slightest, but their only hit was, so that’s what people think.) Fimm is actually too soulful for this comparison. I guess a nice way to say this is that she has a style all her own.
“To Be Alive” is a cross between Portishead and Olive’s slower stuff. Maybe it does have some electronic tendencies, but it’s not something I would have considered it to be on my own. “How Does It Feel” has lush melodies and fitting musical accompaniment. It is the most fundamentally sound track on the album.
You know who she sounds like? I got it. Sinead Lohan. No wonder I like this record so much.
I really enjoy this album, because it reminds me of a ton of disparate stuff that I like, but it doesn’t rip any of it off. I have a lot of respect for anyone who can do that.
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