February 2012
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2012-13 KWCW Staff Applications!!!
That’s right! We’re conducting business early this year. Here’s how it works.
You fill out the online application for the position of your choice (feel free to fill out more than just one!). Hit “Submit” when you’re done. These applications are DUE Saturday, March 31st at midnight. Also, make sure you’ve emailed in application supplements where it...
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Top 5 Adds 2/28/12
1. Bowerbirds - The Clearing
Bowerbirds’ third lp is notably more rounded and full. Though this duo turned hippie band has always cultivated a minimalist vision, weaving ideas of nature and belonging into quiet, clear melodies; The Clearing is just a bit more sonically diverse and bombastic. Rich and guttural yet characteristically restrained, these songs are not for the jaded but for the...
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KWCW TOP 5 ADDS 2/21/12
Yellow Ostrich Strange Land
Bombastic, brilliant. Swerving and confusing, mildly electric, looped and overdubbed into oblivion, yet so freaking clear and understandable. Yellow Ostrich is all about rhythm and melody (as is all music?) but the energy and the emotion here have an undeniable clarity and vision, a prowess. This mostly one-man-band is slowly transitioning from funny pop to serious...
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KWCW TOP 5 ADDS 2/13/12
Valentines come and ago but loud, obnoxious, self indulgent rock’n’roll is forever.
1. Tennis - Young & Old
Tennis’s 2nd full length album may be even better than their first. Simple, dreamy, nostalgic pop. Songs about young love, traveling, and dreams. This album is heavenly, can’t stop listening to it! Totally recommended -Julia
Try 1,2!,3,5!
2. Damien...
