Archive for: Album review

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  Review: “mbv” by My Bloody Valentine

  Feb 5, 2013comments

  2013 is a confusing time to be alive. The future snuck up on us before anyone had time to seriously appreciate how effortless it made our lives, and the only things left to be upset at in the world immediately surrounding us are meaningless.... read more »

   
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  Menomena releases highly anticipated “Moms”

  Sep 19, 2012comments

  Just when I thought they were out, Menomena pulled themselves right back into the world of alternative talent. I’ve been cheering on multi-instrumentalists Justin Harris and Danny Seim since ex-member Brent Knopf left the original trio... read more »

   
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  Death Grips rage and terrify on “The Money Store”

  Apr 28, 2012comments

  It’s about time someone brought back the crazy. Since their mix tape “Exmilitary“ made rounds on the blog circuit last year, Death Grips have slowly been building hype around their uncompromising, brutal and just plain weird... read more »

   
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  Music Buff: Grimes’ “Visions”

  Apr 12, 2012comments

  It’s probably a sign of my increasing cynicism that my automatic reaction to Grimes’ newfound success was dubious suspicion. Everything about the act just seems calculated for indie stardom: a slightly edgy name, an obsession with... read more »

   
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  Album review: “I’m With You”

  Aug 30, 2011comments

  (Courtesy) The Red Hot Chili Peppers sound a little lost in the beginning of the first album they’ve produced in more than five years. A disarray of chords and a cacophonic drum beat sound like a cry for a sense of direction, one that... read more »

   
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  Music Buff: Panic! at the Disco “Vices & Virtues”

  Apr 1, 2011comments

  Panic! at the Disco's new album 'Vices and Virtues'. (Courtesy image)Three years ago Panic! at the Disco’s album “Pretty. Odd.” hit music stores with relaxed, harmonic songs reminiscent of the Beatles. With the loss of guitarist... read more »

   
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  Album Review: Iron and Wine “Kiss Each Other Clean”

  Feb 9, 2011comments

  Iron and Wine's new album 'Kiss Each Other Clean'.In what seems to be an attempt to go more mainstream, Iron and Wine plays with a different and less-than-impressive sound on its new album. Lead singer Sam Beam strays a bit from his super-mellow... read more »

   
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  Album Review: Deerhunter's "Halcyon Digest"

  Oct 13, 2010comments

  Deerhunter's new album 'Halcyon Digest' is now available. (courtesy photo) Just by looking at the cover of Deerhunter’s “Halcyon Digest,” listeners can tell that they will be taken on a weird and wonderful journey. Thirty seconds... read more »

   
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  Album review: Hurley

  Oct 6, 2010comments

  Indie-geek-rock band Weezer's new album 'Hurley' is now available. (Photo courtesy Universal Music Group)Inexplicably named after everyone’s favorite hefty Lost character, Rivers Cuomo and the gang are back with “Hurley.” Less than a year... read more »

   

• Album Review: "Wake Up!"

  Sep 28, 2010comments

  Imagine a world in which contemporary R&B/Soul music wasn’t funneled through an Auto-Tune machine while chanting the same contrived messages of causing alcohol-induced mayhem in a godforsaken club. Thankfully, John Legend & The Roots... read more »