July 13, 2010
The new year is more than halfway over and we’ve been treated to a swarm of great new songs, styles, and new takes on old favorite genres. There are plenty more albums I’ve been listening to from 2010 along with a lot of great holdovers from 2009. But these ten are the albums on which [...]
December 18, 2009
2009 featured a good mix of offerings from nearly every genre imaginable. But I was most impressed by the work done by harder rock and metal bands over a lot of the standard auto-tuned hip-hop and over-shined pop. Some of the indie lovefest for certain bands (*cough*Animal Collective*cough*) seemed to be based on the strength [...]
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March 13, 2009
Not sure if I can add to the discussion happening around Kutiman’s massively popular ThruYOU video experiment, except his work feels like the first strike in the beginning of something evolutionary.
His work reminds me of the DangerMouse/Grey Album situation: A massively creative and original concept that found instant diehard fans and litigation lawyers; offered for [...]
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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 26, 2008
Hilariously awesome and intricate interpretation of 80s television graphics by France’s biggest musical export since Daft Punk. I’d say they’re starting to get a reputation for uber-cool visual interpretations.
