Lily Allen, "Lost My Mind" I really liked the first Lily Allen album, as a bubbly and charming piece of pop that borrowed some elements of ska to add to her confections. Really quite a delightful album. I have largely gotten diminishing returns from each...
Dr. Ring-Ding & The Senior Allstars, "Bad Company" I wonder what the Junior Allstars sound like? The Orb, "Close Encounters" I think last time, we talked about ambient, and how it doesn't always work that well for me. Well, let's see if anything has changed, because...
Foetus, "Clothes Hoist" Foetus released live albums pretty often, which were usually pretty good. The live show was often more direct and noisier, driven by having a live band making a racket. So it's not just a re-hash of the album tracks, making them good...
Soccer Mommy, "yellow is the color of her eyes" This seven-minute tune is the centerpiece of Soccer Mommy's record from last year, Color Theory. This record showed up on a lot of year end lists, and while I think it's good, I'm a little lyric...
Dr. Ring-Ding and the Senior All-Stars, "Big Man" Love a trombonist/singer! Madvillain, "Curls" Madvillain, the collaboration between MF Doom and Madlib, is such an incredible record, it's a shame that there's no followup to it. This is a great example of the wizardry -...
