album review

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Midlake - The Courage of Others

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Ok. I know I’m late on this one. There are probably eight million reviews of this album on the interwebs at this point. But I’ve been meaning to talk about Midlake’s latest release, The Courage of Others ever since their appearance on NPR’s All Songs Considered back in January. They were previewing the album, which […]

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Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

There is a reason why artists release albums. They’re not just a collection of songs, randomly strung together. They’re one unified thought. An aural representation of the time. They’re meant to be consumed in one sitting. Digested. Mulled over. Discussed. They are an experience, not a product. And today’s single serving, 99-cent iTunes download, YouTube […]

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Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

So many albums are touted as a “highly anticipated” release or as being “years in the making.” If there was ever an album that lived up to that label, it is Chinese Democracy. It’s been 15 long years since GNR’s ever so disappointing, The Spaghetti Incident? And over 20 since Axl and Co. first rocked collective worlds […]

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Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Kanye West is an enigma. He’s got this weird brain ninja thing going on, where you never really know how you feel about his work. You start to hate it, then the next thing you know, you’re bouncing to his beats. You try to to shake it off and tell yourself, “This is not good.” But then […]

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Bayside - Shudder (2008)

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

  before i begin, i have to say it pained me to write this. i desperately wanted to believe bayside represented a new movement in rock, that shudder would be a masterpiece. but it wasn’t, it failed on so many levels. they fell into the trap of artistic compromise like so many bands before them […]

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Raine Maida - The Hunters Lullaby

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

So, who is Raine Maida? Raine Maida is the lead singer of Our Lady Peace, a once great Canadian Alt-Rock band. Their 1997 release, Clumsy, is a perfect album in my eyes. Every track on that album could have been a single. In the 11 years since it’s release, it hasn’t once lost its place in […]

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