Posts filed under “album Review”
Emanuel and the Fear – ‘Listen’
Emanuel and the Fear’s debut album Listen is a baroque valentine to excess. Sporting eleven members and billed as a “Rock Orchestra” the band has crafted songs that push themselves to the forefront of your attention, waving their arms around screaming “look at me, look at me” as though terrified you won’t accept it unless [...]
Harlem – ‘Hippies’
The members of Austin band Harlem doesn’t take themselves too seriously. A quick peek at their Matador band biography will give you that as the first line is “jack the ripper was sitting in his kitchen idly fingering through recipes when the idea of naming a rock and roll band harlem first came to him.” [...]
Doctor Scientist – ‘Prehistoric Times’
Doctor Scientist’s first album, Prehistoric Times, is finally out. After a few 7” appearances and a cassette tape, Prehistoric Times builds on what came before, the insano “snort a jumbo tube of PixieStix” combination of synth and guitar work that comes across like a metal The Death Set with additional vocal work by Jim Henson’s [...]
Think About Life – ‘Family’
A good pop album is one where you know the lyrics by the time of your second listen. A great pop album is one where you catch yourself singing the songs alone. With that in mind, Think About Life’s debut album Family is the best pop album since 2006’s Alright, Still by Lily Allen. It’s [...]
Javelin – ‘No Mas’
Javelin’s debut album No Mas is a collection of excellent entries into the long history of music made into collage of found sounds from created elements sequenced together creating a unique track. This album finds the Rhode Island Born New York Based duo of George Langford andTom Van Buskirk working in the style of other [...]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – ‘Beat The Devil’s Tattoo’
There are parts of America where as you drive the roads, you see the cities behind you implode in your rear view mirrors as the expanse of the deserts explodes filling your awareness with the view of nothing but the red mesa. Empires have fallen in these lands, empires of people who knew only the [...]
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks
Originally Written for GreenShoeLace Ted Leo and the Pharmacists have created one of the best albums this year that I’ll never listen to again. The Brutalist Bricks is, according to the pre-release press interviews, a bit of a return to the roots for Ted, a reexamination of the 90s DC Post Hardcore scene in which [...]
Black Bug – Self Titled
Songs as simple as a knife and just as deadly. Typically when you listen to electronic music, it’s generally very clean and clear and the production is straightforward. Let the music do the work or at the very least, let the production not get in the way of the audience and the music. For Black [...]
Juiceboxxx – Thunder Zone Volume 1
Monday saw the release of Wisconson Rapper Juiceboxxx’s first mixtape, Thunder Zone Volume 1. I wanted to give it a good listen before I tried to say anything about it. It encapsulates a lot of his carreer featuring remixes of older songs from his previous releases and collaborations along with some new stuff unique to [...]
Quick Reviews 1/22/10
Review Round Up What I’ve been into the past week or so: Puerto Rico Flowers- 4. This is the sound of a million Goth dance floors at 5 AM after it has wound down and only the faithful and jobless are still out and about. Joy Division dirges at Mozart’s Requiem speeds. The vocal inflection [...]