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Spoon Reviewed
Spoon Telephono/Soft Effects (Merge) Spoon’s place in indie rock lore was secured by their third and fourth albums. From here on — no matter if they license everything to McDonald’s or go completely off the deep end — they will be regarded as royalty. Originally released by Matador Records, Telephono and Soft Effects are being […]
The Gersch Reviewed
The Gersch The Gersch (Tortuga) Mainly a footnote now Cliff Meyer has found success as Red Sparowes and ISIS, this collection of recordings as The Gersch sorts through his past.
Just Pharrell
Pharrell In My Mind (Star Trak/Interscope) Second miss in a row from Neptunes half Pharrell Williams.
Boy Kill Boy Reviewed
Boy Kill Boy Civilian (Island) Not to be confused with Rock Kills Kid, The Killers, Kill Hannah, or The Kills, London’s Boy Kill Boy drop an engagingly melodic, bandwagon-jumping debut.
The Long Winters Reviewed
The Long Winters Putting The Days To Bed (Barsuk) By virtue of recording for Seattle indie label Barsuk and having some hip friends (Peter Buck, Chris Walla, Ken Stringfellow), John Roderick’s The Long Winters is supposed to be some kind of indie rock.
Andy Kim Reviewed
Andy Kim How’d We Ever Get This Way/Rainbow Ride Baby I Love You/Andy Kim (Collector’s Choice) Like all too many characters in this theater we call rock, Andy Kim’s biggest commercial achievement (co-writing The Archies’ “Sugar Sugar”) failed to make him a household name. Though it’s not like he didn’t get to party.
Justice Reviewed
Justice Waters Of Nazareth EP (Vice) Not to be confused with jungle/drum ‘n’ bass pioneer Tony “Justice” Bowes, this Justice are a French electronica duo operating with Pedro Winter’s consent.
Professor Murder Reviewed
Professor Murder Rides The Subway (Kanine) Bands playing hi-hat heavy art punk rock in Brooklyn lofts are a dime-a-dozen. If they’d all just record a single EP and move onto the next trend, they’d save everyone about 20 minutes of their lives. God bless Professor Murder.
The Knife Reviewed
The Knife Silent Shout (Mute) This, The Knife’s third album overall, is the first U.S. release for the duo and has taken American electro writers by complete surprise.
The Scourge Of The Sea Reviewed
The Scourge Of The Sea Make Me Armored (Alias) In Mötley Crüe’s autobiography, The Dirt, manager Doc McGee suggests Mick Mars should have had a TV show called “Please Take Advantage Of Me.” The Scourge Of The Sea could have been guests.
Cameran Reviewed
Cameran A Caesarean (Innocent Words) What more of Cameran do you need to know other than they have a rhythm section named Sancho and Pascal Holper.
Thor Reviewed
Thor Devastation Of Masculation (Smog Veil) Jon Miki Thor enjoys his name so much it completely envelops Devastation Of Masculation, right down to the thanks in the liner notes, which he calls “Thor Salutes The Warriors Of The Universe.”
Keane reviewed
Keane Under The Iron Sea (Interscope) I think this is the new Keane album, and not a set of weepy demos.
Black Stone Cherry reviewed
Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry (Roadrunner) Advertised as back-to-basics hard rock, if Black Stone Cherry really admired their heroes they’d show a little ingenuity.
Under The Influence Of Giants reviewed
Under The Influence Of Giants Under The Influence Of Giants (Island) Some of the best songs on Under The Influence Of Giants’ self-titled debut take the exact same approach that much of Justin Timberlake’s solo album took: they both ripped off Michael Jackson’s classic Off The Wall at every possible turn.
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