Wow, another six-month has passed! And somehow musical overload hasn’t set in – whew! – so let’s get right to what’s at hand. As with all the albums here, feel free to go to that sidebar on the left and read the original review. Our first selection is a rather popular one: OK Go, “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky” – Absolutely brilliant poppy album by the folks who brought you that crazy treadmill video a few summers ago. And this time, they’ve set up a Rube Goldberg machine, but to be honest, they don’t really need shenanigans to promote this music. Our selectionsRead More →

So this week we’ll do our Mid-Year review fer ya; but before we get there, here are five long-players that you’ll play for a long time: My Morning Jacket – “Evil Urges”: Still their latest full-length release, “Evil Urges” is (so far) the apex of Jim James’ alt-country effort. But without the country touches. Plain and simple, it’s rock, pure rock, and destined to be a classic years from now. The Flaming Lips – “The Soft Bulletin”: Already considered a classic by any self-respecting indie mag, the trio’s taken beautiful orchestration and pop to such heights that it’s… well, dizzying. You’ll find gorgeous textures, emotionalRead More →

Which means:-We’re going to return to the albums we’re still listening to-A review of some CDs we might’ve missed earlier in the year-It’s finally time to break out the flip-flops and chicken-stained beaters Okay, so we’re not passing out food-stained beaters to our staff over here. But it’s almost summer, and man, it’s been one heck of a year of music! Unfortunately, we missed most of it…Like “Surfer Blood,” Yeasayer, Heligoland, a couple others. If you or someone you know (that smelly, mid-30s guy who lives in his mom’s basement) has a CD out this year that you want reviewed, feel free to send itRead More →