Archive | Album Reviews
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Album Review: Brian Wilson “Reimagines Gershwin”
It feels weird calling something recorded by Brian "Sunny Harmony with a Chance of Crazy" Wilson straight-up joyful.
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Album Review: Mike Posner “31 Minutes To Take Off”
Despite conscious calls to remain objective, and the realistic need for unadulterated commentary, it’s always a bit more difficult to take shots at home state talent. The Michigan football team drops seven games — it’s a fluke.
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Album Review: Darker My Love “Alive As You Are”
Every Sunday afternoon at the community center auditorium nearest you, a group of middle-aged music lovers — often in mod, hippie or rocker costumes — gather and jam out a set list heavily influenced by a classic rock mix tape procured with only two easy payments.
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Album Review: Wavves “King Of The Beach”
Wavves' previous two records sounded like shit. They were heaps of distortion molded into snot-nosed surf-punk anthems about diggin' freaky goth girls and bemoaning one's lack of car/money/motivation.
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Album Review: Arcade Fire “The Suburbs”
It's tough on expectations when your first album is named second-best album of the decade by Pitchfork, the nation's preeminent indie tastemaker. When you know a band's potential, it makes what falls short that much more disappointing.
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Concert Review: Spiritualized/Radio City Music Hall/New York, NY
As the lights dimmed in Radio City Music Hall last Friday night, a loud crash emanated from behind the sleek curtains. They parted to reveal two things: a fallen disco ball and Spiritualized, the ever-evolving psych-rock creation of Jason "J. Spaceman" Pierce.
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Album Review: Sarah Blasko “As Day Follows Night”
Every genre of music has its leading ladies. In American folk pop, we have Regina Spektor and Fiona Apple. And with the release of Sarah Blasko's As Day Follows Night, the Australian singer-songwriter is on her way to joining the ranks of folk pop's finest.
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Album Review: Arcade Fire “The Suburbs”
Any kid who grew up in the suburbs can tell you what they’re all about: upper-middle-class homes, usually boring with a pale white fence; the day-to-day cycle of sleep, school, repeat; the simple pleasures of a country club and a drive-in movie.
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Album Review: Arcade Fire “The Suburbs”
When we last heard from Arcade Fire, the band was raging against the evils of war and religion with 2007's Neon Bible. Three years later, The Suburbs conveys less anger, and more suffering. Among comparisons to earlier albums (Funeral and Neon Bible), the 16-track album stands alone.