This Week In Music: 10/1-10/7

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

Tom Petty: Wildflowers – mellower Petty
L.A. Guns: Man in the Moon – decent riffage
Monster Magnet: Monolithic Baby – solid stoner
Genesis: Nursery Cryme – progressive nuggets
Vixen: Rev It Up – lacks spark
Kingdom Come: In Your Face – more Zeppelin’ing
Jim Carroll: Runaway EP – interesting snapshot
Tindersticks: The Hungry Saw – cinematic quality
Rufus Wainwright: Want Two – underdeveloped melodrama
XTC: English Settlement – brilliant weirdness
Muse: The 2nd Law – mediocre Muse
Pete Townshend: The Other Scoop – reinterpreted Who

This Week In Music: 7/2-7/8

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

Matthew Sweet: In Reverse – underappreciated epic
The Saints: Eternally Yours – buzzsaw punk
Prong: Carved Into Stone – metal fury
Rufus Wainwright: Want One – audacious theatricality
Steelheart: Tangled in Reins – party rock
Cats In Boots: Kicked & Klawed – needs seasoning
The Grays: Very Best Years single – obscure gems
Green Day: Warning – deceptively simple
Blur: Under The Westway single – welcome return
Rocket From The Crypt: Live From Camp X Ray – too short
Redd Kross: Teen Babes From Monsanto – impressive beginnings