July 2, 2008
Only halfway through the Aught Eight, there are a handful of standout discs I would recommend. There are others in the running, but the following have earned the most play time and mindshare at the halfway point.
British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music?
The bravado in the critic-baiting title is equaled only by the rafter-shaking [...]
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March 4, 2008
What better way to stick it to the same record execs that dumped Trent Reznor a couple months back (not that he cared much) than to immediately release a sprawling 36-track instrumental album on the Internet? The answer: Twist the knife by giving away the first nine tracks as a free download. As a fan [...]
February 22, 2008
First, a bit of explanation. Got the backstory straight? I guarantee you, on multiple listenings you would never ever ever have figured out any of the mythology regarding Ouija boards, the demon Goliath, or anything else resembling a cohesive narrative. Which, to be honest, is never the point of a Mars Volta record. The point [...]
February 20, 2008
Noise rock should never sound this happy, having mostly been the realm of biting sarcasm (McLusky), shoegazer mumbling (Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine), and vitriolic bile (The Jesus Lizard). But Times New Viking somehow manage to marry sugar-sweet singalongs at volumes that could collapse buildings. Cheery female vocals and infectious chord progressions blasting [...]
December 21, 2007
2007 was another great year to find music, whether popular or little-known. The following are a couple albums I found myself listening to more than any others. Some are recent releases, others arrived early in the year – but each seemed to hold something a little bit fresh and different from everything else on the [...]
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