Aesop Rock None Shall Pass:
Lame beats and lame lyrics seem to be Aesop’s new forte. I prefer his old forte, which was making classic albums, and breaking new ground in hip hop lyricism.
Rating: 3/15 Labor Days
Bricolage Turn U Over:
Another indie pop band trying to be The Smiths 25 years too late, and without the musical chops.
Rating: 3/15 Quit before you become popular, and really embarrass yourself
Franz Ferdinand Tonight:
Another slab of middling disco punk. Theres a glimmer of decent ideas in some of these tracks, but the endless repetition and tepid vocal delivery kill them pretty quickly. Its albums like this that make me want to go back in time, and kill Gang of Four before they released Entertainment.
Rating: 3/15 Angular riffs
Cat Power Jukebox:
A perfect display of Chan Marshall’s uncanny ability to take any piece of music and make it boring.
Rating: 3/15 Interesting as a glass of warm milk points
Crime Desire We Hate All Life:
The best thing about this album is how short it is. Basically it’s the Locust minus anything interesting, so you get spazzy shouts and crazy guitar playing but somehow it all becomes one long, annoying song. Sweet job dudes!
Rating: 3/15 lack of musical talents disguised as creativity
Japanther Skuffed Up My Huffy:
If you strip away the indier than thou recording quality and the multi layered slacker vocals, you basically have Relient K.
Rating: 3/15 thinly veiled pop punk bands
Owl City Of June:
Postal Service with a bigger pussy singing in that popular nasally whine voice.
Rating: 3/15 Loyal youtube fanbases
The New Year Selftitled:
Mopey mope piano centered indie pop. Like a more depressing Ben Folds.
Rating: 3/15 Saddy sad faces
The Ugly Suit Selftitled:
Bright Eyes-esque Buttrock. Avoid at all costs
Rating: 3/15 Bands that are as ugly as they are terrible
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