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Review of Miike Snow
Review of A Senile Animal

This is the best Melvins cd in years….YEARS, perhaps ever. Like the previous reviewer said, “it will make you remember why you love the Melvins to begin with”. Not only are the songs just plain amazing, the seamless integration of two drummers sounds SO natural! Coady is already amazing enough in Big Business, but now [...]
Review of Bomb In A Birdcage (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version)

The debut album by A Fine Frenzy, ‘One Cell in the Sea’, has over the past year or two been gathering an increasingly strong fan base for Alison Sudol and her band. It was an album of poetic, sometimes haunting songs; and the first single from that album, ‘Almost Lover’, propelled her to stardom, with [...]
Review of July Flame

The Colorado-born and Portland-based artist’s seventh albumis a resultant breath of fresh air.Conceived from a chance summer meeting with an unusual peach at a local farmer’s market, which also spawned the album’s name and title track, “July Flame” – a variety of peach-is a break from a self-proclaimed songwriting slump – and a welcome one [...]
Review of Contra

Vampire Weekend’s second album, Contra, is a strong followup to the self-titled debut album.Their peppy rhythms are intact, as is the distinctive instrumentation.In short, you’ll likely enjoy Contra if you enjoyed their first album.
At times, I was reminded of Paul Simon’s Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints albums.Lead singer Ezra Koenig’s voice and loose lyrical [...]

