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On the Record: 2Chainz, Dead Can Dance and Yeasayer

By Bill Chenevert

Add Comment | Comments: 0 | Posted Aug. 22, 2012

Free Association: By having pretty smart songs and a violinist, they beat a lot of peers.  

For Fans Of: The Get Up Kids x Brand New, Blink-182 + Fall Out Boy, poppy punk. 

Dead Can Dance 

Anastsasis 

(Pias America) 

Sounds Like: The former 4AD duo’s first in 16 years is true to form. They blend sad Eastern/Mediterranean traditional sounds, then mix it with modern gothic dream pop. 

Free Association: Eight songs in 56 minutes means lots of airy, dreamy space-drifting. 

For Fans Of: Kate Bush x Yanni, Gregorian Chant + The Psychedelic Furs, Greece. 

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti 

Mature Themes 

(4AD Records) 

Sounds Like: The L.A.-based multi-instrumentalist’s Haunted Graffiti project crafts intriguing collections of lo-fi, retro-tinged psychedelia meets harmonious indie rock. 

Free Association: The deadpan delivery makes it feel almost like a joke, but it’s for real. 

For Fans Of: Brian Eno x Magnetic Fields, R. Stevie Moore, strange L.A. hippie dudes. 

Yeasayer 