July 2011: Month in Review

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)