The Fall – Re-Mit (Cherry Red)
Re-Mit isn’t a breakthrough by anyone’s standards, but it’s something. It’s another book in the bible of The Fall.
Scout Niblett – It’s Up To Emma (Drag City)
There’s not much room for ‘fun’. No room for pom poms and a nihilistic refrain chanted ad nauseum like it’s a game. It’s straight down the line fucked upness, which is appropriate given the album is wedded so tightly to a heart that’s been badly burned.
Camperdown & Out – Couldn’t Be Better (Popfrenzy)
Couldn’t Be Better is so disinterested in any reality I’ve ever experienced that it’s impossible to connect.
A review of ‘Muchacho’ by Phosphorescent based only on the front cover
Is it irresponsible to write an album review without having heard a single note from said album? Maybe. It would probably depend on the album.
THE ALTERNATE REVIEW: Can – Tago Mago (Spoon/Mute)
Can belong to the iconoclasts, the cynics, the lovers, the thinkers and the visionaries with hungry ears and a low threshold for boredom.
Teenage Moods – Mood Ring (25 Diamonds)
I would call it pop-punk, but then you’ll think of Green Day or some shit like that.
The Wild Swans – The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years (Occultation)
It is an equally rewarding and frustrating experience
The Trashies – Space Jam (Minor Bird)
Smells like spilt bourbon, guitar grease and peanuts.
Washed Out: the focus group response review
I like that I can delete this from my iTunes and not miss it later.
Washed Out – Within And Without (Sub Pop)
Music to make out to, I suppose. A collegiate version of Norah Jones.