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album of the week – 2008.06.17
N.E.R.D. – Seeing Sounds N.E.R.D. is the rock band version of the Neptunes production team, but if I have to tell you that, you probably don’t know who the Neptunes are, so this whole exercise is futile. Coming at it … Continue reading
album of the week 2008.05.27
Rocket From the Crypt – Hot Charity/Cut Carefully and Play Loud Well, this makes two in a row that are maybe sort of hard to find. Hot Charity was released on vinyl alone in 1993. It fits between Circa:Now! and … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.05.20
Dragonette – Galore Well, this is awkward. One of my favorite records of the past six months isn’t available in America yet. You can import it on Amazon, where users have given it tags like “fake punk” and “no talent”. … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.05.13
XTC – Skylarking You know what? I’m sorry. I am a bad power-pop fan. I know almost nothing about XTC. I was a big “modern rock” guy from 1991 on, maybe a bit past their prime. We even started a … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.05.06
Black Francis – Svn Fngrs I confess that it has been a while since a Frank Black – wait, Black Francis – release has been “satisfying”, but this comes close. The songs don’t meander quite as much as they did … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.04.29
Night Marchers – See You in Magic I don’t know how it happened, but I suppose a lot of people reading this blog aren’t huge Rocket From the Crypt fans. It’s possible you never got into the phenomenally talented side-project … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.04.22
Battles – Mirrored This album was out earlier in 2007, but I kind of missed it. By September, I was saying something about Tomahawk to Cratchit, and he told me that the drummer from Helmet was in Battles, and had … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.04.01
Panic at the Disco – Pretty. Odd. Honestly, the Onion AV Club just reviewed “Pretty. Odd.” last week, and I picked it up out of curiosity. I had a ton of admiration for their first record (two years ago?) and … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.03.25
MF DOOM – MM..FOOD? Another album I don’t want to go on and on about. I tried to get a friend excited about this once, and as I explained that all of the topics were brought back to food metaphors, … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.03.18
Talking Heads – Little Creatures I didn’t really “get” Talking Heads until I was probably 14. Some of their earlier, artier stuff was in the record collection at home, but I never sought it out. That seems odd, now, because … Continue reading
