8.16.2006
Review: Muse - Black Holes and Revelations:
Upon first listen this disc is hit or miss. They hit when they're just ripping off Radiohead, but miss when they try and stray from the proven formula.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $9.72
8.15.2006
Review: Jurassic 5 - Feedback:
Upon first listen this disc perpetuates the stereotype that almost every hip-hop/rap album has 3 good tracks, but is unlikely to have more. On said 3 tracks, they attain an almost Kool and the Gang-styled sound, which is old school, yet modern. The rest of the tracks are straight out of "Hip-Hop for the MTV Crowd" school of thought.
Stream clips from the entire album
Purchase for $7.99
8.14.2006
Review: Guns Up! - Outlive:
Upon first listen this hardcore band has a nice blend of sing along lyrics and excrutiatingly brutal breakdowns. It takes a lot to impress me when it comes to hardcore and punk as they are both such monotonous genres, but this band did a fairly solid job.
Stream Outlive and You Break
Purchase for $8.49
8.11.2006
Review: Guillemots - Through The Windowpane:
Upon first listen lead singer Frfe Dangerfield has a very interesting approach to delivering his lines as they're almost a half step slower than the rest of the song. It works sometimes and doesn't sometimes, but in the end I really liked this record. It's simple, understated and unique.
Stream Madeup Lovesong #43 (as well as a few other non-album tracks)
Purchase for $15.95
8.10.2006
Review: Golden Smog - Another Fine Day:
Upon first listen this record is a pretty fun and casual listen. It's not going to become your favorite (or mine) of the year, but this alt-country supergroup of sorts just gets in the studio and has some fun.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $9.49
8.09.2006
Review: French Kicks - Two Thousand:
Upon first listen it wrapped me up, forced me to listen to it and made me feel all warm and fuzzy. The production is a breath of fresh air as it sounds polished, but not overdone. The musicianship is talented and tight, not not to the point of monotony. It's one of those records that could fall apart at any time, but manages to stay together, benefiting the listener. Oh, and I didn't like their previous LPs or EPs.
Download So Far We Are
Stream clips from the entire album
Purchase for $9.78
8.08.2006
Review: Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst:
Upon first listen there are 20 songs on this album and only 4 or even possibly 5 are worth a damn. Even with Dan the Automator behind the board it still fails to hold my attention. Perhaps it was revolutionary as some have claimed, but ten years on it sounds stale.
Stream clips from the entire album
Purchase for $9.99
8.07.2006
Review: Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most/So Impossible EP:
Upon first listen Mr. Confessional manages to maintain his uber-emoness while still finding room to mature his trademark sound. Specifically, the eventually-reinvented Hands Down off of the EP which is leaps above the rest of his body of work.
Stream The Places' entire album
Stream the So Impossible EP
Purchase The Places for $9.90
Purchase So Impossible for #3.41
8.04.2006
Review: Dashboard Confessional - Swiss Army Romance/The Drowning EP:
Upon first listen it becomes apparent just how emotionally persuasive a man and his guitar can be. It's also apparent that I'm late to what could have been a really fun party.
Stream Swiss Army Romance
Purchase Swiss Army Romance for $7.76
Purchase Drowning EP for $8.00 (currently out of stock/out of print)
8.03.2006
Review: Coheed and Cambria - Kerrang!/XFM UK Acoustic Session:
Upon first listen it's evident that some of their work succeeds in an acoustic setting, but others, such as the originally-bombastic Welcome Home leave a little more to be desired. Still, it succeeds as a whole, giving you a brand new way to listen to their songs.
Available only on iTunes (for now)
8.02.2006
Review: M. Ward - Post-War:
Upon first listen it seems as though it's more of a collection of songs than a cohesive album, which is a bit of a change for M(r). Ward. Still, if you like him, you'll like this, just maybe not as much.
Download To Go Home
Purchase for $9.99
8.01.2006
Review: Stella (US) - American Weekend:
Upon first listen it's more atmospheric pop/rock that doesn't do much to separate itself from the already crowded genre.
Stream the entire album
Download NYC
Download Nashville
Download Breakdown
Download New Age Special
Purchase for $15.00
7.31.2006
Review: Spoon - Telefono/Soft Effects:
Upon first listen I can't believe how much I liked this album and EP. This is the thrid time I've tried to get into Spoon, but the first successful one. It's so raw, so passionate and all around fun.
Download Idiot Driver
Download Mountain To Sound
Purchase both for $9.99
7.28.2006
Review: Shapes and Sizes - Shapes and Sizes:
Upon first listen I wanted to pan this album all the way up until track 7 or so, but all of a sudden, I started to really enjoy it. Can't wait to listen to it again.
Download Wilderness
Purchase for $10.62
7.27.2006
Review: Scritti Politti - White Bread Black Bear:
Upon first listen it sounds like some weird mix of Adult Contemporary and a children's album, leaving me scratching my head and questioning a great deal of bloggers and press that I respect.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $9.99
7.26.2006
Review: Peaches - Impeach My Bush:
Upon first listen it's obscene, gratuitous, over the top and downright raunchy. Meaning that it's bound to find a devoted cult following but will never appeal to the masses at large.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $9.99
7.25.2006
Review: My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me The Workhorse:
Upon first listen I love her voice, but can't seem to get into the album.
Download Disappear
Purchase for $9.99
7.24.2006
Review: Lambchop - Damaged:
Upon first listen I found it frustratingly dull. This despite my previous thoughts that an album may be a better way of experiencing the band.
Download Crackers
Purchase for $10.78
7.20.2006
Review: Centro-Matic - Fort Recovery:
Upon first listen it manages once again to miss its mark. I don't doubt the quality of the songwriting on behalf of Will Johnson, but the delivery of this outfit has never garnered much attention from me.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $10.62
7.19.2006
Review: Ani Difranco - Reprieve:
Upon first listen I wasn't as immediately impressed by this album as I was from her Carnegie Hall disc (presumable due to the fact that the Carnegie disc ran more like a greatest hits collection), but still find enough to keep my coming back for more.
Download Millenium Theater
Download 78% H2O
Purchase for $12.98 (out 08.08.06)
7.18.2006
Review: Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer:
Upon first listen you can hear the collective shrug of shoulders from the previously ravenous fanbase Mr. Confessional has built up over the years. This is because he fails to deliver anything that resembles (voice aside) his past glories. Instead, we are left with his attempt to sound like U2 while singing of the same broken relationship(s).
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $7.99
7.17.2006
Review: Thom Yorke - The Eraser:
Upon first listen it was a bit better than I expected, especially the back half. It'll whet your appetite for a new (and last?) Radiohead album, but it most likely won't see regular rotation.
Stream clips from the entire album
Purchase for $8.99
7.14.2006
Review: White Whale - WWI:
Upon first listen I gather that it's a concept album of sorts. Sadly, it didn't grab my attention enough and while it was good, I'll more than likely skip over it when looking for something to listen to.
Stream Nine Good Fingers, What's An Ocean For and The Admiral
Download The Admiral
Purchase for $9.99
7.13.2006
Review: Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped:
Upon first listen I was rather suprised. If Mission of Burma hadn't released a new record this year, this would certainly be my favorite post-punk-esque record of the year.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $9.99
7.12.2006
Review: Smoosh - Free To Stay:
Upon first listen it's certainly a more refined effort than their debut, but their astonishing age isn't enough to push this album towards greatness.
Stream clips from the entire album
Purchase for $9.34
7.11.2006
Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium:
Upon first listen I was rather impressed by each disc, independent of each other. However, when played back to back, it gets a bit long. Perhaps they should have taken a lesson from System of a Down and released two albums in the same calendar year (and consquently gotten two number one records).
Stream clips from the entire album
Purchase for $11.88
7.10.2006
Review: Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You:
Upon first listen it's pretty decent sunshine-pop. Not going to change the world, but decent enough.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $10.72
7.07.2006
Review: Glenn Kotche - Mobile:
Upon first listen I recalled a Tales From The Crypt episode in which there was a rather large Q-Tip became enlodged in a man's ear. I was filled with jealousy.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $10.35
7.06.2006
Review: Keane - Under The Iron Sea:
Upon first listen I had a review for this written. Until Pitchfork said it better.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $10.88
7.04.2006
Review: Beirut - Gulag Orkestar:
Upon first listen it's just OK. I can hear the Neutral Milk Hotel influence, but I think it's an album that commands more listens to be judged fairly.
Stream clips from the entire album
Purchase for $8.71
7.03.2006
Review: Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche A Bamako:
Upon first listen I usually enjoy music in other languages, but found it difficult to get into an album that is so lyrically based.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $12.30
6.30.2006
Review: Tragedy - Nerve Damage:
Upon first listen it's a little underwhelming.
Unable to find mp3s or places to purchase for less than $15, so check out eBay
6.29.2006
Review: Stevens, Sufjan - The Avalanche- Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album:
Upon first listen some work and some don't, as is the case with most albums of this nature. Odd thing is, the ones that don't work probably would if they were being compared to songs from the Illinois album.
Stream part 2 (of 4) of the entire album Stay tuned to Asthmatic Kitty for the final 2 parts
Purchase for $9.99
6.27.2006
Review: Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska:
Upon first listen it's the best Bruce Springsteen album I've ever heard, but it's like he goes out of his way to sound like Dylan at certain points and overall I just can't get into it.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $9.08
Review: Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run:
Upon first listen I have the same complaints I had about Devil and Dust.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $10.70
6.26.2006
Review: The Receiving End of Sirens - Between The Synapse and the Heart:
Upon first listen it's rather 'of the times' stylistically speaking, but it's a cut above.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $11.00
6.23.2006
Review: Mission of Burma - The Obliterati:
Upon first listen it sure obliterates ONoffON and cements the band as one-of-a-kind.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $9.99
Review: Mission of Burma - ONoffON:
Upon first listen it's exactly what I thought a new Mission of Burma album would sound like.
Stream the last 8 tracks
Purchase for $10.78
6.22.2006
Review: The Futureheads - News and Tributes:
Upon first listen it's not as accessible as their debut and the melodies have been toned down, but I get the impression that something special has been created.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $9.79
6.21.2006
Review: Everything At Once - Everything At Once:
Upon first listen I was suprised to see that '90s nu-metal wasn't dead.
Stream See You Later, Find My Own Place and Shut You're Face
Purchase for $15.00 (CAD)
6.20.2006
Review: Espers - Espers II:
Upon first listen it's another frustrating album that when it works, it's amazing and when it doesn't it's boring.
Download Mansfield and Cyclops via The Perm & The Skullet
Purchase for $11.36
6.19.2006
Review: Emulsion - Blue Sky Objective:
Upon first listen I'm not usually one for electronic music (and even less so of the ambient variety) so I didn't really care for this too much. It is, however, the first instance of an electonic album getting stuck in my head, so kudos for that.
Download Left Right Left Right
Download Balloons And Centipedes
Purchase for $13.63
6.16.2006
Review: The Eighteenth Day of May - The Eighteenth Day of May:
Upon first listen it's pretty decent pyschadelic-inspired pop.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $10.83
6.15.2006
Review: Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing And A Curse:
Upon first listen it seems as though Drive-By Truckers are trying to fill the void of good classic rock type artists. Successfully, I might add.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $11.16
6.14.2006
Review: Danielson - Ships:
Upon first listen it becomes apparent that annoying is the new indie.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $11.10
6.13.2006
Review: Neil Young - Living With War:
Upon first listen this is my favorite Neil Young album (to be fair, I've only listened to a few), despite the fact that at times it sounds like a '70s musical it manages to be accessible. Doesn't hurt that the content is awesome too.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $11.97
6.12.2006
6.09.2006
Review: Tool - 10,000 Days:
Upon first listen I have the same reaction as I did to Frances The Mute. Some parts are breathtaking and some parts are pretentious and boring. Hopefully, as in the Frances The Mute's case, I can learn to enjoy the boring as part of the breathtaking.
Download Vicarious
Purchase for $9.98
6.08.2006
Review: Imaad Wasif - Imaad Wasif:
Upon first listen it's similar to Wovenhand, but less dark and more accessible.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $11.10
6.07.2006
Review: Warzone - Open Your Eyes/Don't Forget The Struggle, Don't Forget The Streets:
Upon first listen it was a struggle to get through and considering that it's the quintessential NYHC record, I feel very little need to further explore the genre.
Stream clips from the entire album
Seems to be out of print, so grab it on eBay
6.06.2006
Review: Thursday - A City By The Light Divided:
Upon first listen I'm still divided in deciding if I like this band.
Stream clips from the entire album
Purchase for $9.72
6.05.2006
Review: Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now:
Upon first listen this is my favorite Taking Back Sunday album. I didn't really care for the first two, but understood why others did, but I actually liked this one. I actually want to listen to this one. For how long, I don't know, but it's a very solid rock (note the lack of a three letter word ending is 'o') album.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $9.44
6.02.2006
Review: T.I. - King:
Upon first listen I was surprised by how much I liked it.
It's an equalizer album of sorts, seeming to blur the lines between
legitimate artist and mediocre hip-hop/R&B singer who you see on MTV.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $13.97
It's an equalizer album of sorts, seeming to blur the lines between
legitimate artist and mediocre hip-hop/R&B singer who you see on MTV.
5.31.2006
Review: Portastatic - Who Loves The Sun (Original Film Score):
Portastatic - Who Loves The Sun (Original Film Score): Upon first listen it's an unnecessary album release as it's not very cohesive. Set to the the backdrop of a film I can see a lot of the tracks working (in fact, I could visualize scenes as the songs were playing), but to listen to in album form just seems wasteful.
Download Lively Chase
Download Just Like A Real Book
Download Last Kiss Music
Purchase for $9.79
5.30.2006
Review: Lovely Lads - The Best You've Got:
Upon first listen it's a bit more melodic than their demo, but it's just as good, if not better and has better production.
Download The Battle Will Come
Download In Your Head
Purchase for $12.50
Review: Lovely Lads - Demo:
Upon first listen it sounds a lot like The Explosion with moments of early Dropkick Murphys and The Ducky Boys. In other words, it's an amazing album (10 songs) that's production keeps it from being a proper release.
Download Left Behind
Download Now I Wonder
Purchase, if you can find it
5.29.2006
Review: Journey - Greatest Hits:
Upon first listen I can safely say that I won't listen to this album in its entirety ever again. That being said, you can't deny some of the hits that Journey generated and I'm sure to listen to some of the individual songs.
Stream a few songs and clips of the rest
Purchase for $9.72
5.26.2006
Review: Gomez - How We Operate:
Upon first listen there's a few good songs, but not enough that should generate the amount of buzz this band has.
Stream How We Operate, girlshapedlovedrug and Homoa Beach
Purchase for $10.49
5.25.2006
Review: Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere:
Upon first listen it's a lot more solid than I had anticipated. Despite the excellent first single (Crazy), I was worried it would be the I Get Wet of the hip-hop crowd, but that fear was assuaged as Cee-Lo and DangerMouse put one hell of an album together.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $9.49
5.24.2006
Review: Gauze - Equalizing Distort:
Upon first listen it's got some amazing music in there, especially in light of the fact that it came out in '86. Considered one of the best Japanese hardcore records ever, I was expecting a little more, but even still there was more than enough to like.
Stream Track 1, Low Charge, Pressing On (all non-album specific)
Purchase it if you can find it
5.23.2006
Review: Foreigner - Complete Greatest Hits:
Upon first listen it's cheesy, but there's nothing endearing about it.
Stream clips from the entire album
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $13.18
5.22.2006
Review: Elf Power - Back To The Web:
Upon first listen I was drawn into the web.
Download An Old Familiar Scene
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $10.93
5.19.2006
Review: Defiance, Ohio - The Great Depression:
Upon first listen this is as close to another good Against Me! album as you'll likely to get.
Download the entire album in a variety of formats
Purchase for $6
5.18.2006
Review: Cold War Kids - With Our Wallets Full/Up In Rags:
Upon first listen you can certainly here the influence of many of today's most beloved bands. White Stripes, Radiohead and Interpol all come to mind.
Download Tell Me In The Morning
Download Hospital Beds
Purchase both for $12 (or $7 each)
5.17.2006
Review: The Church - Uninvited, Like The Clouds:
Upon first listen I'm taken aback as I'm not sure what to think. I really liked a lot of it but can't really describe it. I think it's one of those records (and perhaps bands) that you must experience for yourself to pass judgement.
Download Unified Field
Purchase for $9.95
5.16.2006
Review: Review: Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country:
Upon first listen it's a perfectly adequate indie-pop-esque record. Adequate.
Download Let's Get Out Of This Country
Purchase for $10.49
5.15.2006
Review: Avail - 4 AM Friday:
Upon first listen it has less of the cohesiveness a trule great melodic hardcore records typically possesses.
Stream Simple Song
Purchase for $11.94
Review: Avail - Dixie:
Upon first listen it has more of the cohesiveness a truly great melodic hardcore record typically possesses.
Stream Scuffle Town and Clone
Purchase for $11.10
Review: Avail - Satiate:
Upon first listen it lacks the cohesiveness a truly great melodic hardcore record typically possesses.
Stream clips from the entire album
Purchase for $11.88
5.12.2006
Review: Arctic Monkeys - Who The Fuck Are The Arctic Monkeys?:
Upon first listen it's got less fire and brimstone than Whatever You Say... which is why it's released as an EP and not on a full length, though it's essentially a single for View From the Afternoon.
Stream the video for The View From The Afternoon
Purchase for $6.74
5.11.2006
Review: Streets - The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living:
Upon first listen (and beyond) I didn't really care for A Grand Don't... despite the critical praise it got then (and still gets). I loved Original Pirate Material, however, so I keep coming back for more. The Hardest Way is a blend of the two and had it come out before A Grand I would have been more tolerable.
Stream When You Wasn't Famous
Purchase for $12.17
5.09.2006
Review: Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers:
Upon first listen it's not going the change the world, but it's extremely solid rock that takes a few listens to get into.
Stream Steady, As She Goes and Store Bought Bones
Purchase for $11.41
5.08.2006
Review: None More Black - This is Satire:
Upon first listen this is the favorite of all the post-Kid Dynamite bands (maybe they'll do a reunion tour soon), but this release has them forgetting most of their punk past in favor of melodic rock leanings. Not that it doesn't work, because it does, just sometimes.
Stream With The Transit Coat On and You Suck! But Your Peanut Butter Is OK
Purchase for $9.35
5.05.2006
Review: Maritime - We, The Vehicles:
Upon first listen it's another hit or miss affair. Lots of positives but enough negatives to make it distracting. The biggest negative being their inability to 'rock out' when the moment dictates.
Download Calm
Download Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts
Purchase for $10.69
5.04.2006
Review: Lambchop - The Decline of Country and Western Civilization Part 2, The Woodwind Years:
Upon first listen the excellent songwriting doesn't keep the delivery afloat through the variety of styles it attempts. That said, the albums this band puts out (this being a compilation of miscellany) must be better and worth checking out.
Download The Distance From Her And There
Purchase for $10.43
5.02.2006
Review: Islands - Return To The Sea:
Upon first listen it's a rather hit and miss affair that when it hits makes you start thinking album of the year and when it misses makes you wonder what the hell you were just thinking about.
Stream Rough Gem, Where There's A Will There's A Whalebone and Jogging Gorgeous Summer
Purchase for $9.99
4.28.2006
Review: Heavy Blinkers - The Night And I Are Still So Young:
Upon first listen this band's '60s-styled pyschadelic pop would be a great addition to the Elephant 6 Collective.
Download Try Telling That To My Baby
Purchase for $11.19 (not out until 5/23)
4.27.2006
Review: Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea;
Upon first listen it's more listenable than Rehearsing My Choir, but doesn't strike the same chords that Gallowsbird's Bark, Blueberry Boat and even EP hit. Still, like Radiohead, it deserves more listens.
Stream part of the album
Purchase for $10
4.25.2006
Review: Ani DiFranco - 2002.04.06, Carnegie Hall:
Upon first listen I'm surprised someone so confident in her songs is so nervous (immature?) as a stage presence. This is the first time I've ever heard a DiFranco song (consciously) and while I walked away very impressed, her on-stage banter has a bit of catching up to do.
Download Two Little Girls
Purchase for $12.20
4.24.2006
Review: The Black Heart Procession - The Spell:
Upon first listen, you listen to person after person and blog after blog rave about band X. So you listen to band X, but just don't see what all the fuss is for. This was the case with The Black Heart Procession. Was is the key word, as I get it now. Can't wait to back and listen to their old albums again.
Stream The Letter and Not Just Words
Purchase for $10.88
4.21.2006
Review: Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (Retail):
Upon first listen, it could be because it's actually finished, but I seem to prefer this incarnation to the previously leaked version. It seems to be quieter (the backing tracks) and interferes less with the lyrics.
Stream Get Him Back and Not About Love
Purchase for $12.88
4.20.2006
Review: Band of Horses - Everything All The Time:
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time: Upon first listen, there's not enough hype on this band, as it's easily the best indie/pop/rock album I've heard all year.
Stream The Funeral and The Great Salt Lake
Purchase for $11.18
4.19.2006
Review: Age of Rockets - The Drive Home:
Upon first listen, it's very difficult to not make comparisons to The Postal Service.
Download Petales Aiment La Salete, Insmileoutblood and Once, We Were Monsters
Stream The Day The Whole World Died
Purchase for $10
4.17.2006
Review: Sparks - Hello Young Lovers:
Upon first listen, Dick Around may be my favorite song of the year. The entire album is filled with songs that sound like some weird blend of Court of the Crimson King, SMiLE and Blind Guardian. I know it's hard to picture, but wow.
Download minute-long clips of a few tracks (including the amazing Dick Around)
Purchase for $8.81
4.14.2006
Review: Pretty Girls Make Graves - Elan Vital:
Upon first listen, it's accessible, yet avant garde and free from the punk edges found on their early work. A lot of the songs are good, but I didn't enjoy it as an album.
Download The Nocturnal House
Purchase for $10.49
4.13.2006
Review: Marconi Union - Distance:
Upon first listen, it has just enough action and noise to keep you interested with just enough suspense to make you want more.
Download Sleepless
Purchase for $12.99
4.12.2006
Review: Ghostface Killah - Fishscale:
Upon first listen, it's easily the best rap/hip-hop album of the year. The production is good, the rhymes are good, the flow is good AND it's got MF Doom. What more can you ask for?
Stream the audio or the video for Back Like That
Purchase for $9.89
4.11.2006
Review: Calexico - Garden Ruin:
Upon first listen, I fell in love with the Iron & Wine/Calexico Split from last year, so I assumed I would also love this. I shouldn't have assumed such grandiose desires, as I find this to be rather boring and uninteresting. Perhaps I'll like Iron & Wine better.
Download Cruel
Purchase for $9.99
4.10.2006
Review: Delays - You See Colours:
Upon first listen, I hesitate to use the word dense when describing this brit-pop band, so perhaps a fuller sound is what they've developed since their debut. More electronic flourishes are present and a lot of the songs tend to run together. Ultimately, it's a decent follow-up, but one that takes a lot more time to reconcile.
Stream Long Time Coming and Nearer Than Heaven
Purchase for $21.04 (or wait until it's released domestically)
4.08.2006
Review: Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops:
Upon first listen, it starts a bit slow and stiff, but is soon falls into a groove that while, similar enough to Now Here, is certainly more open and more flowing.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $12.99
4.06.2006
Review: Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia:
Upon first listen, it's overly dramatic, as to be expected. This gets rather tiresome, really fast, and with no 'Girl Anachronism' or 'Coin-Operated Boy' to break it up, means the album becomes stale.
Download Dirty Business and stream Modern Moonlight
Purchase for $9.38
4.05.2006
Review: Saves The Day - Sound The Alarm:
Upon first listen, it has a couple of good songs, but it's nothing more than decent rock/pop.
Stream The End and Shattered
Purchase for $9.38
4.04.2006
Review: Various - Compounds & Elements:
Upon first listen, it's a compilation of minimalist, ambient and electronic music featuring Brian Eno, among others. Some works, some doesn't. What surprised me was how much I did like, having no previous disposition towards liking the aforementioned genres.
Stream the entire album
Purchase for $2.14
4.03.2006
Review: Saves The Day - Bug Sessions, Volume 1:
Upon first listen, it really showcases how much his voice has changed, as they cover acoustically (albeit with too much noise and enthusiasm) some older and newer hits. In the end, it's great for fans, but the casual listener just won't get into it.
Tour only EP, go see them live
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