Spins
Ferris Bueller You’re My Hero
Hell Is For Heroes Transmit Disrupt (Burning Heart/Epitaph) U.K. punks continue struggle to disembark from anthemic Stateside peers, seem to have latched onto At The Drive-In or Trail Of Dead.
Birds Of A Heather
Heather Headley In My Mind (RCA) Headley passes for good R&B these days by limiting risk, hardly a good sign for her or the genre.
Merchant Of Tennis
Jeff Merchant Window Rolled Down (True Classical) Indie pop singer-songwriter either thinks this is funny, or he’s Donovan.
With Love, Legacy
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, here’s a quick rundown on six of the latest releases from Sony/Legacy’s Love Songs series with Heart, Regina Belle, Dolly Parton, John Denver, Phyllis Hyman, and Etta James.
Getting All Bublé
Michael Bublé With Love (Reprise) The Hallmark of pop singers packages eight songs to be sold exclusively at Hallmark stores.
Remixed Artifacts
Sound Tribe Sector 9 Artifact: Perspectives (1320) Collabo-electronic outfit offer up 2005’s Artifacts to friends like Mr. Lif, Bill Laswell, and Slicker to remix the thing.
Luke Doucet CD Review
Luke Doucet Broken (And Other Rogue States) (Six Shooter) Singer-songwriters usually need a good sales pitch, few come as well equipped as being the heartbroken ex-guitarist for Sarah McLachlan.
Baby Teeth CD Review
Baby Teeth For The Heathers (Lujo) Schizo band gets by on EP by sending each member home with a woman’s name and seeing what song they come up with.
You The Man, Portugal
Portugal. The Man Waiter: You Vultures! (Fearless) Alaskan indie rock isn’t as exotic as it sounds.
Clearlake CD Review
Clearlake Amber (Domino) Brighton, U.K.’s Clearlake waste time being photographed. Maybe not time, but publicity dollars.
Vote Pedro
Pedro Pedro (Mush) Manchester-based sound collage expert brings his IDM/post rock/hip-hop game of Twister to America.
Waning Days
AM Syndicate Empire (Sick Room) Austin band, featuring Trail Of Dead bassist Danny Wood, makes its Chicago label debut.
Say What?
Say Anything … Is A Real Boy (J) Major label reissue of the slow-burning indie “it” story, blurring lines of not only reality, but also Bright Eyes and Weezer.
Scene Now Heard
Jason Collett Idols Of Exile (Arts & Crafts) Arts & Crafts, the teeball of record labels, asks, “Has everyone had a chance to bat?”
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