SLACKERLEE’s Top 5 Albums of 2016
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SLACKERLEE’s Top 5 Albums of 2016

#1 The Avalanches  Wildflower THE AVALANCHES BREAK 16 YEAR HIATUS WITH ‘WILDFLOWER’ (ALBUM REVIEW) #2 STRFKR  Being No One, Going Nowhere STRFKR CREATES DANCE MUSIC YOU CAN “LISTEN TO” ON ‘BEING NO ONE, GOING NOWHERE’ (ALBUM REVIEW) #3 M83   Junk M83 RETURNS WITH 80’S SYNTH HOOKS ON ‘JUNK’ (ALBUM REVIEW) #4 Bloc Party  Hymns BLOC PARTY…

HOLY WAVE UPHOLD AUSTIN’S PSYCH ROCK ROOTS ON ‘FREAKS OF NURTURE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
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HOLY WAVE UPHOLD AUSTIN’S PSYCH ROCK ROOTS ON ‘FREAKS OF NURTURE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

  The languorous ripples in Lady Bird Lake hide an undetectable lysergic compound that has turned the Violet Crown city into a lush and fertile culture for psychedelic music to flourish. Roky Erickson, The 13th Floor Elevators, Shiva’s Headband, and other 60’s psych bands germinated Austin’s psychedelic seeds decades ago. While many other analagous bands…