Athens Blur rings in the new year with our 13th issue on January 15…here’s a sample of some tunes from artists that will be spotlighted:
(Sorry, folks. No downloads. But stream away!)
Timi Conley
Yeasayer
Beach House
Galactic
Daphne Willis
Editors
Happy 2010!

“You are what you eat/You’ll become digested,” sings vocalist Tom Smith on “Like Treasure,” one of nine tracks on Editors new album, In This Light and On This Evening. It’s a perfect line detailing the greatest issue concerning the platinum-selling UK outfit — that, until Light, Editors only subsisted on Joy Division and Interpol, thus giving listeners a mere regurgitation of the same. Consider the problem solved.
In This Light unlocks more sonic doors than its predecessors, allowing Smith’s vocals room to breathe (and consequently, to overcome the standard Ian Curtis …