This Week In Music: 7/9-7/15

This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:

Peter Gabriel: Up – anti-commercial brilliance
Cabaret Voltaire: Code – dancy darkness
Yngwie Malmsteen: The Seventh Sign – expert wankery
Mudhoney: Since We’ve Become Translucent – slowed punk
Jetboy: Feel The Shake – barroom dirty
Mercury Rev: Snowflake Midnight – innovative soundscapes
Sloan: Parallel Play – some filler
David Usher: Strange Birds – melodically challenging
Pretty Boy Floyd: A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock n Roll EP – quick sleaze
Radio Birdman: Radios Appear – primitive beats
Sleater-Kinney: The Woods – psychedelic punk
Cinderella: Still Climbing – satisfying diversity
Butch Walker: Sycamore Meadows – intimately intense
Parliament: Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome – peak Parliament
The Posies: Failure – uneven output
Saigon Kick: Devil in the Details – bizarre oddities

This Week In Music (1/30-2/5)

This week in music pleasure, featuring patent pending two-word reviews:

Ace Frehley: Second Sighting - better EP
Black Rainbows: Twilight in the Desert - overly stoned
David Usher: Morning Orbit - musical letdown
Firehouse: Category 5 - mellow snoozefest
Fu-Schnickens: Nervous Breakdown - underrated fun
Genesis: Duke - Collins best
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Jukebox Explosion - incendiary cuts
Megachurch: Megachurch - preaching metal
Mooney Suzuki: Have Mercy - mercy kill
Mouse on Mars: Radical Connector - fuzzy beats
Patti Smith: Horses - poetic punk
Radio 4: Enemies Like This - danceable punk
Rainbow: Stranger in Us All - average rock
Redd Kross: Born Innocent - fun bursts
Sahara Hotnights: Sahara Hotnights - overly relaxed
Saigon Kick: Saigon Kick - unexpected results
Stereolab: The Groop Played “Space Age Batchelor Pad Music” - unengaging slightness
The Devil Rides Out: Heart & the Crown - Lemmy licks
The Jesus Lizard: Shot - overly polished
The Life and Times: Suburban Hymns - powerfully dreamy
Treysuno: The Sexual Deviance Record - energetic weirdness
Velvet Crush: A Single Odessey - endless gems
White Lion: Big Game - essential 80s