An old album, upon first listen, can make great demands of the listener’s imagination. In a similar fashion, music from the 1980s typically requires the listener to keep in mind that it is from the 1980s. Not that a listener has to work had to remember that, as there seems to be a yellowy sonic …
Toro Y Moi’s second album, Underneath the Pine, was released on February 22, 2011, a few days after Radiohead announced and then rapidly released their newest album, and just over a week after Arcade Fire surprised everyone who cares about the Grammy Awards by winning Album of the Year. Although it was highly anticipated, heavily …