February music to look forward to

Benjy Ferree Changing Horses (ATO, Feb 3rd)
Lovable up and coming who ranges from pop to folk to Black Keys boogie

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart "self titled" (Slumberland, Feb 3rd)

Engaging shoegaze that ain't snoozy meets sweet power-pop

The Faraway Places Out of the Rain, the Thunder & the Lightning (Save It, Feb 10th)

Drone-powered garage-rock meets psych who realizes, like original garage rockers did, that it helps to have actual songs and not just a good groove

Asobi Seksu Hust (Polyvinyl, Feb 17th)

These lovable indie-pop Brooklyn duo follows up their luscious single "Thursday"

Yonlu A Society in Which No Tear is Shed is Inconceivably Mediocre (Luaka Bop, Feb. 17th)

Sweet Brazilian (non-freak) folkie with some samples/noise thrown in for roughage