This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:
Gang of Four: Songs of the Free – unconventional pop
House of Heroes: Say No More – blistering pop
Lemonheads: It’s a Shame About Ray – classic jangle-pop
Radio 4: The New Song And Dance – pointless postpunk
Superchunk: Here’s to Shutting Up – biteless maturity
Rush: Fly By Night – early classic
Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved – mixed bag
Poison: Crack A Smile…And More – few gems
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: Original Score – not background
Guided By Voices: Class Clown Spots a UFO – uninspired effort
The Walkmen: Heaven – overly restrained
Japandroids: Celebration Rock – energetic noise
Green Day: Shenanigans – bangin’ b-sides
The Cult: Choice of Weapon – loaded gun
Skid Row: Slave to the Grind – beyond hair
Spacehog: Hogyssey – career worst
Throwing Muses: In a Doghouse – double woof
Velvet Crush: Stereo Blues – more brilliance
Butch Walker: Letters – missed singles
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This Week In Music (4/23-4/29)
This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:
Radio 4: Gotham! – uneven dancepunk
Pete Townshend: Deep End Live! – interesting takes
Superchunk: Cup of Sand – mixed bag
Sloan: The Double Cross – more awesomeness
Genesis: Foxtrot – still cooking
Samiam: Astray – melodic punk
Tiara: B-Sides & Rarities – unknown gems
Hot Snakes: Automatic Midnight – angular anger
The Go! Team: Thunder, Lightning, Strike – unabashed fun
The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends – mostly forgettable
Jack White: Blunderbuss – missing riffs
The War On Drugs: Future Weather EP – interesting grooves
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments: Bait & Switch – DIY punk
Brad: United We Stand – strong effort
Nathan Westwood: Piano Bed – delicate charms
Winger: In the Heart of the Young – poppy metal
Quiet Riot: Condition Critical – follow-up failure
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojo – bluesier Petty
Moviola: The Year You Were Born – jangly lo-fi
Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine (or what we did on our summer vacation) – dull covers
Struck By Lightning: True Predation – predictably screamy
Torche: Harmonicraft – blazing brilliance
Radio 4: Gotham! – uneven dancepunk
Pete Townshend: Deep End Live! – interesting takes
Superchunk: Cup of Sand – mixed bag
Sloan: The Double Cross – more awesomeness
Genesis: Foxtrot – still cooking
Samiam: Astray – melodic punk
Tiara: B-Sides & Rarities – unknown gems
Hot Snakes: Automatic Midnight – angular anger
The Go! Team: Thunder, Lightning, Strike – unabashed fun
The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends – mostly forgettable
Jack White: Blunderbuss – missing riffs
The War On Drugs: Future Weather EP – interesting grooves
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments: Bait & Switch – DIY punk
Brad: United We Stand – strong effort
Nathan Westwood: Piano Bed – delicate charms
Winger: In the Heart of the Young – poppy metal
Quiet Riot: Condition Critical – follow-up failure
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojo – bluesier Petty
Moviola: The Year You Were Born – jangly lo-fi
Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine (or what we did on our summer vacation) – dull covers
Struck By Lightning: True Predation – predictably screamy
Torche: Harmonicraft – blazing brilliance
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