July 2011: Month in Review

Chelsea Wolfe 2011
Chelsea Wolfe

Here’s everything that happened in July on ye olde Rawkblog: new jams, best-of lists, videos, etc. I also joined Spotify and made a couple of ongoing playlists: Ongoing 2k11 Jams and The Canon, Examined. Follow ’em!

Elsewhere: The Recommender very kindly interviewed me.

Best of 2011:
* Albums of the Half-Year
* Songs of the Half-Year

New Music:
* Matty Fasano – “Unkind,” “Unusual”
* The Rosie Taylor Project – “Sleep”
* Bos Angeles – “June,” “Days of Youth”
* St. Vincent – “Surgeon”
* Allo Darlin’ – “Darren”
* Iceage – “Broken Bone”
* The History of Apple Pie – “You’re So Cool”
* Real Estate – “It’s Real”
* Out Go the Lights – “Pericles”
* Elliott Smith – “The Real Estate”
* Chelsea Wolfe – “Mer”
* LA Font – “Lipsmack” (Rawkblog premiere)

Album reviews:
* Swimsuit – Swimsuit
* Wild Beasts – Smother
* Eleanor Friedberger – Last Summer
* Jill Andrews – The Mirror

Videos:
* The School – “I Love Everything”
* J. Irvin Dally – “Punchbowls,” “Teething” (Yours Truly session)
* International Waters – “Green Lights Forever”
* Dream Diary – “El Lissitzky”
* Zooey Deschanel and Ben Schwartz – “Tonight You Belong To Me”
* ARMS – Summer Skills album trailer
* Warpaint – “Warpaint”
* Beachwood Sparks play 4th of July backyard BBQ

News + Links:
* Spotify: Early thoughts and a Rawkblog playlist

Classics:
* Ned Collette – “Come On Let’s Go” (Broadcast cover)