DOWNLOAD: The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
(Photo: Doug Seymour)
When the Feelies played July 4th with Sonic Youth in NYC’s Battery Park last year, it was like no time had passed since the massively influential North Jersey band’s last show, in 1991. Everything was crisp, punchy, and most important, fast — which bodes well for those who’ll get to see the band play their classic debut, Crazy Rhythms, in its twitchy, jangly entirety this weekend (including opening night at ATP). The album and its 1986 followup, The Good Earth, receive the deluxe reissue treatment this week — get wired with the title track from the former and check out the band’s few dates after the break.
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: The Clean - Tensile
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(Photo: Tim Soter)
No year on Earth can be all bad if the Clean are releasing a new album. The Kiwi postpunk legends make 2009 that much better with Mister Pop one week from today, so the gang at Merge trapdoored “Tensile” on us as an exclusive anti-bomb to lob right along to you. The synth-affected vox are a new idea, but otherwise it’s a classic Cleano production of the casually perfect stripe: keyboard crescents darting around three- and four-note guitar and bass figures, all green-lighted by their particular sort of Krautpop beat—the one where the robotic severity is replaced by ultra-human grooviness.
Previously:
The Clean - In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul
