David Mead, "Girl on the Roof" I picked up this record because it was produced by Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), and...uh, yeah, you can tell. As Fountains of Wayne light, sure, why not? I have a limited appetite for this kind of pop...
Skavoovie & the Epitones, "Blood Red Sky" We had the Skatalites yesterday, and now we hear another take on the genre thirty years later. And you know what? This stuff whips also, horns rule. Olivelawn, "Hate" San Diego's Olivelawn released a couple albums in the early...
Moses Sumney, "Lonely World" Sumney's Aromanticism pivots around "Lonely World", a song that goes from gauzy and shimmery and gradually ramps up to a frenzied finish, reflecting the inherent duality in this album. It's an album that sounds like a love album but is all...
Modest Mouse, "So Much Beauty In Dirt" This comes from the 2001 EP Everywhere and His Nasty Parlor Tricks, which in turn pulls a few songs from an earlier EP and adds a few new ones. This is from the peak Modest Mouse period, from...
Today! Jurassic 5, "Sum Of Us" I wish I could bottle the first verse of this song, just so I could always have it handy when I need it. Just, absolutely nailed. Isaac Hayes & David Porter, "Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)...
