Reviews
Review: Man Overboard – Real Talk
Boston pop-punk band is very interested in girls; everything else, not so much.
Review: Santah – White Noise Bed
Chicago band makes good on promise of early material while expanding their sound and generally winning the universe.
Review: Carpenter – Sea To Sky
Canadians punks make some very American noise.
Review: The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
Indie rock’s nerdiest band returns, this time with an instant classic.
Review: The Volcano Diary – S/T
Seattle band makes crunchy, gentle music. Results are decidedly delightful.
Review: Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
Kid Cudi tries to make you sad-high.
Review: Girls – Broken Dreams Club EP
Girls release an EP as just a taste of what’s to come that might actually be better than what’s been.
Brief Thoughts: Bob Dylan Mono Masters
Bob Dylan’s record label decides to cash in on history; Jere the amoral scum is OK with that.
Review: Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
Nicki Minaj makes her debut… throws the entirety of hip-hopdom for a loop.
Review: Rihanna – Loud
Rihanna returns to rock you– well, not really. I guess we’re all hoping for a holiday break.
Review: Pimp C – The Naked Soul of Sweet James
It is a stroke of luck (or massive talent and commitment) that Pimp C’s The Naked Soul of Sweet Jones is not a shitty posthumous cash-in. When he died in 2007, he was working on this and the previously-released final UGK album (the excellent UGK 4 Life)It’s a fitting tribute to a guy who was [...]
Review: Bars Of Gold – Of Gold
Bear Vs. Shark dudes return with a new band, one that will make you want to murder your friends (in a good way).
Review: Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter deliver their first perfect record, a flawless victory for the world’s outcasts that wrestles with the acceptance of responsibility while simultaneously showing off a new emotional maturity.
Review: Maroon 5 – Hands All Over [Deluxe Edition]
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Maroon 5 are a band destined to not change, really, because their style will likely always be pretty radio friendly in some capacity or another. For their third effort, Hands All Over, they stick to their slick pop-slightly-funky guns. The inclusion of Mutt Lange as a producer doesn’t change anything; this is not their Hysteria [...]
Review: Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
Sufjan Stevens’s The Age of Adz, his first proper album since 2005′s Illinois, is not an instant gratification sort of album, instead rewarding more patient listeners with its subtlety and craftsmanship.
Review: Jerry Lee Lewis – Mean Old Man
Mean Old Man is Jerry Lee Lewis’s second duets album, after 2008′s excellent Last Man Standing. It’s that latter album that makes this very good but unmemorable one look weak, showing the pitfalls of going to the same well twice.
Review: Decortica – Love Hotel
Kiwi rockers bring the noise on their fantastic new concept album.
Review: Interpol – S/T
Everybody’s favorite gloomy cokeheads return after the misfire of their last record, but can they correct the damage? Is it even worth trying?
Review: California Wives – Affair EP
This Chicago band makes a great first impression with their debut EP – it’s so good, you’ll cut your penis off.
Review: Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
In which Jere ejaculates a lot of words about Katy Perry.
