February 2011
27 posts
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WatchMusic video for James Blake’s “Wilhelms Scream”.
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Also, read my review of Blake’s self-titled debut.
January 2011
15 posts
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Album Review: "Yuck" by Yuck
8/10
[MUST-HAVE]
It’s hard to argue against the near-fact that the 90s were a prolifically amazing time. Hair Metal was dead, Yo! MTV Raps was still in syndication, and the coolest kid at school had AOL 4.0. But even through all the great cheesiness that was the 90s, the forefathers of modern indie music came to rise. Stephen Malkmus and Spiral Staircase formed a band named Pavement that...
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Album Review: "Cape Dory" by Tennis
6.5/10
Oh, summer, how I’ve missed your muggy, humid feel; your late night thunderstorms; your careless aura; and who can forget, the music you inspire. Yes, it seems as though this whole “riding the summer-waves” phenomena in music is continuing, but maybe not exactly for the better. With bands like Best Coast being probably the last of the “original” members of...
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Album Review: "Kaputt" by Destroyer
9/10
[MUST-HAVE]
Shit, 1995 was a long time ago. I was 5 and in Kindergarten, getting my motherfucking nap on. But while I was enjoying the simplicity of being mostly-ignorant of the world, Dan Bejar, a prolific Canadian songwriter, created Destroyer, a band that not only still exists, but continually produces music that’s transcending. 2011’s Kaputt is baroque-pop at its finest....
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Album Review: "By The Hedge" by Minks
7/10
Minks is a Brooklyn she/him duo who are heavily influenced by 80’s new-wave, goth-rock artists like The Cure. It’s fairly easy to tell by their reverbed guitars, their subtle synths, and their intensely addicting bass lines that this band is all about creating the sort of nostalgia that an old Disintegration vinyl would emanate.
Under the same Captured Tracks label that houses...
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Album Review: "The King Is Dead" by The...
6/10
I know what you’re thinking, “Is this as good as Picaresque, Castaways and Cutouts, or The Crane Wife?” “Are the Decemberists back?” I’ll give it to you straight:
No.
Unfortunately, they still seem to be the “Meh-cemberists” of late, and not the focused, well-rounded band seen in their earlier work; however, don’t let that completely...
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Album Review: "James Blake" by James Blake
10/10
There’s a lot of beauty in the world: the warm, caring sun rays; that hip looking girl that sits next to you in speech class (y’know, the one that doesn’t acknowledge your existence, and when you try to get her acknowledgment by being funny you end up saying things that aren’t funny); kaleidoscopes; and last but not least, James Blake’s debut LP.
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Album Review: "Dye It Blonde" by Smith Westerns
8.5/10
Kids have simple desires; minimal wants are prevalent, and are typically left for impulses to handle.
Such is the case for Smith Westerns (no “the” as stated in their Myspace), a Chicago based quartet of youngsters who care only about five things: 1) Girls, 2) Having fun, 3) Having fun with girls, 4) Pining, 5) Pining over girls. For those of you familiar with Smith...
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Something New
Alright, I’ve been wanting to do this for a while, but I’ve only recently gotten my lazy ass to do so: album reviews. I will be doing a weekly album review of NEW music. I will still be doing song reviews of new and old music as I’ve been doing the past few months as well.
Here’s how the rating works:
The rating scale will be a simple 1-10, however, it works on .5...
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