Review: The Gaslight Anthem – Senor and the Queen EP
When I reviewed The Gaslight Anthem’s 2007 album Sink Or Swim last year I enjoyed it but wasn’t blown away. Some time has passed and, for whatever reason, the four songs on the band’s latest EP Senor and the Queen leave me chomping at the bit to hear what they have in store on their (Read more…)
Review: Sia – Some People Have Real Problems
Sia is an Australian singer-songwriter who is probably best known for her song “Breathe Me,” (from HBO’s Six Feet Under). Whether you’re familiar with Sia or not, her new album Some People Have Real Problems is filled with sultry (but playful) female vocals and soaring arrangements that almost perfectly fill the space between Nelly Furtado (Read more…)
Review: Peter Moren – The Last Tycoon
As evidenced by previous posts the wife and I (and even our 2-1/2 year old daughter) really like Peter Bjorn and John’s 2006 album Writer’s Block (thanks Jacob) and find ourselves doing the “phone dance” and whistling along to the joyous “Young Folks” whenever the chance arises. And because of that, I’m sad to say (Read more…)
Review: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey – Lil Tae Rides Again
With a band moniker like Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from Lil Tae Rides Again so I was very pleasantly surprised that this didn’t sound at all like what I had expected. Unfamiliar with the group’s previous work I was able to listen to Lil Tae… with fresh ears. (Read more…)
Review: Russian Circles – Station
Station, the sophomore full length from Chicago math-metal wizards Russian Circles, begins with the lovely circling slow building melodies of “Campaign” before blowing up the dam at 2:39 of the second song. Walls of metallic sound erupt but over the course of Station‘s six sprawling songs the deluge ebbs and flows in a way that (Read more…)
Review: Ghost Buffalo – The Magician
Denver, Colorado’s Ghost Buffalo just released their second full-length, The Magician, on the always fab Suburban Home Records and the band has abandoned some of the alt-country tendencies that hung about their 2006 debut album. Instead, the band has shifted their brand of post-hardcore to a heavy alternative-y sorta sound. Think Far, Quicksand, or even (Read more…)
It came from the nineties (Vol. 21)
I know you are asking yourself, “Will it ever end?” Well, it won’t for awhile so just brace yourself. Here is volume 21 and (as always) just use the drop-down “Browse categories” menu on the sidebar and look for “1990’s” to find these rest of ‘em. MP3 | Carlos Santana & Rob Thomas – Smooth (Read more…)
Review: Lemuria – Get Better
Okay people, it’s time to pay attention. One of my favorite albums of 2008 so far (if not my one favorite) is Get Better; the debut full-length from the Buffalo, New York pop-punk trio Lemuria. Get Better is catchy-as-hell but atypical in that instead of blasting through them at a million miles an hour, Lemuria (Read more…)
