Brian Eno Another Day on Earth:
Eno’s voice has aged well, but his new age lyrics, pale in comparison to his 70’s works. Musically pleasant, but in the end fairly boring.
Rating: 8/15 stick to ambient points
Green River Ordinance-Out of My Hands
Green River Ordinance Out of My Hands:
The offspring of Matchbox 20 and Three Doors down. Not a terrible listen, but absolutely nothing interesting or unique happens on this album.
Rating: 8/15 stylish outfits
Gentelman Reg-Little Buildings
Gentleman Reg Little Buildings:
A solid pop album with fairly complex clean-tone guitar arrangements. Reg’s voice takes a little getting used to, but fits the songs perfectly once you’re used to it. Every element of the disk from the lyrics to the drumming manages to be unique and inventive, without sacrificing its catchiness. A really enjoyable album.
Rating: 13/15 Canadians
Rivers Cuomo-Alone II
Rivers Cuomo Alone II:
More self loathing songs about girls, from one of the craziest guys in pop music. Nothing here but power chords and pop hooks. Significantly more interesting than The Red Album.
Rating:11/15 creepy interviews
Of Montreal-Jon Brion Remixes
Of Montreal Jon Brion Remixes:
Cutesy dance-pop gets cutesier with the help of ukuleles and bubbly keyboards. Basically exactly what you’d expect from this collaboration. Its fun for a couple of minutes, then you realize the entire EP is the same borderline-twee lyrics plucking keyboards and goofy hipster vocals.
Rating: 9/15 overcute
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Radiohead In Rainbows:
Musically, a good balance between pop hooks and electronic hiccups and bleeps. Lyrically one of Yorke’s best efforts. Not the most important or challenging release in Radiohead’s catalog, but easily the most listenable.
Rating: 14/15 Keeping your band relevant points
Ruby Isle-Night Shot
Ruby Isle Night Shot:
A classically trained composer and a scientist do a lame imitation of Cars style pop.
Rating: 5/15 Day jobs
Dillinger Escape Plan – Ire Works
Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works:
This album is really half and half. Half of it is that wonky mathcore Dillinger’s been doing for years. It’s good, but gets old quickly. The stuff that’ll make you listen to this cd repeatedly are the pop songs. Yeah I said pop songs. I’m not sure what to call them, but their catchy and would blow up huge on the radio so pop works well to define them. It’s kind of shocking to see these guys pull off such catchy songs, but damn does it work. Hopefully Dillinger evolves this sound more.
Rating: 13/15 confused mathcore fans
Hot Panda-Volcano…..Bloody Volcano
Hot Panda Volcano…..Bloody Volcano:
Post-enjoyable geek pop. They should change their name to The Oh So Trendy Thick Black Buddy Holly Glasses.
Rating: 4/15 Wasted Album titles
Fiction Family – Fiction Family
Fiction Family Fiction Family:
Pleasant acoustic pop, not exceptional, but significantly better than Jack Johnson.
Rating: 11/15 Banana fuck-cakes
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