2013-11-21
New Zealand has its very own Ariel Pink. Connan Mockasin, a mop-topped blonde "pop sprite" - who broke onto the scene with his first solo effort, 2010's Forever Dolphin Love - is the newest sensation in the world of weirdo psyche-funk. With Caramel, Mockasin comes across as a bizarrely seductive figure, each song oozing with undeniably sexy grooves and his accompanying voice that croons or growls, depending on the context. The fact that the album was self-recorded within a month's span in a Tokyo hotel room makes too much sense.
Snow Patrol
Greatest Hits
JOAN OSBORNE
Pretty Little Stranger
SIA
Some People Have Real Problems
SARAH BORGES AND THE BROKEN SINGLES
The Stars Are Out
MENAHAN STREET BAND
Make the Road by Walking
DUM DUM GIRLS
End of Daze
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