Family Portrait / Wait

For the last few years, I’ve been sucking the life out of my limited collection of Family Portrait tracks stripped away from compilations and singles. Those few tracks in themselves were enough to credit the band with, but nothing feels as perfect as their debut record. I’ve been anticipating this explosion of sound of my entire life. I was born into this beautiful world searching for this LP and I’ve finally found it. The final result, the gift we’ve all been searching for, is finally here and it’s fucking incredible. Warm sounds bloom into crystal psychedelic melodies that melt and swell and bleed into each other like puddles. Puddles of rainbow liquid. It’s like Alex Mac took acid and went for a puddle-adventure from Munckin Land to the land of Oz, referencing decades of music along the way. Aside from the brilliant song writing, the production is fucking fantastic. It consumes the world around you and sweeps through every crevice of your body, the fullest, most wonderful sound you could possibly imagine. Everything about the record is perfect and it was totally 100% worth the life-long wait. The brilliance manifests itself in every second, every sound, every melodic swell, every munchkin you pass along the way. One of the most mind-blowing records I’ve ever experienced in my long reign as music director. How can you expect anything less from the royal court of the Underwater Peoples Kingdom? YOU CAN’T. It’s the incestuous family affair that Jerry Springer never showed you. Get it via Underwater Peoples here.

Digital Gets Physical.

NEW JAMZ III

1. Best Coast - This Is Real
2. Best Coast - When I'm With You
3. Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself
4. Vampire Weekend - Cousins
5. Los Campesinos! - These Are Listed Buildings
6. Beach House - Norway
7. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
8. Andrew Cedermark - Hard Livin
9. Andrew Cedermark - Untruth
10. Family Portrait - Super Cool
11. Family Portrait - Mega Secrets
12. Sharon Jones - Ain't No Chimneys in The Projects
13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - All I Want For Christmas
14. Sufjan Stevens - Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day
15. Forro In The Dark - Santa Claus is Coming
16. Fucked Up - Do They Know It's Christmas
17. Camera Obscura - The Blizzard
18. Postmarks - Winter Wonderland
19. Hush Now - Wishing You a Happy Christmas
20. Orba Squara - What I Want For Christmas
21. Christmas Island - Red Island

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The Best Coast is an awesome surf punk band from the west coast. If you like The Drums or The Vivian Girls, definitely give this one a listen. The Soft Pack is another awesome west coast punk band that I absolutely love, but I'm not crazy about the single. It's still pretty good, but not as good as some of the songs from their Muslims EP released in 2009. I'm pretty excited about their upcoming LP in 2010. Vampire Weekend. Well, Vampire Weekend. Hmm. Punk that is poppy and super fun. I'm not a Vampire Weekend fan. But I think I might this single better than some of the stuff from their last LP. It has more balls. Look out for their LP coming out in early 2010! How could you not love Los Campesinos!? I'm not sure how I feel about this single. It sounds like every other Los Campesinos! song that I've ever heard. I think I just need to really listen to it as opposed to being background music. Usually Los Campesinos take a while to grow on me and then I can't stop listening to it. New LP in 2010! One of the most hyped albums for 2010 is definitely with out a doubt the new Beach House record being released on SubPop. I don't know why I like Hot Chip. I never thought I did, but then I always found myself listening to it. Hot Chip = Baby Making Jamz. It's a solid dance jam. Andrew Cedermark is awesome. Please listen to the two new songs he released with Family Portrait on a split 7" on Under Water Peoples. They are both awesome bands and Mega Secrets by Family Portrait just might be one of my favorite songs of all time. Andrew Cedermark & Family Portrait = Awesome Jamz. It's kind of strange that Sharon Jones of Daptone Records somehow ended up on the same mix CD as Andrew Cedermark and Fucked Up. Strange things do happen here at WUSB. This is probably my favorite of all of the Holiday jamz we've gotten thus far. It's awesome and you should play it if you're in the holiday spirit. The new Fucked Up holiday benefit jam is also on this wonderful mix CD. It's a cover of the infamous "Do They Know It's Christmas." Members of Yo La Tengo, TV on The Radio, Vampire Weekend, and more which I just forgot. I've also included a Christmas Island jam, although it's not legitimate holiday music. But it's awesome nonetheless. The Forro in The Dark jam is a really awesome instrumental cover of Santa Claus is Coming To Town and highly encourage you to check it out. It will definitely be rocking out on Oprah's Handbag. Enjoy the new singles for 2010 releases and madd holiday music!

And I couldn't download this one, but it's a new Magnetic Fields jam that's Holiday-ish. Feel free to play it! New Magnetic Fields stuff in 2010!