Davenport – The Hands Of Worm Heaven
:: With one minute left of a nearly fifteen minute song consisting of isolation torture drums, I was forced to write this band off forever before caving to the demands of my captors and revealing the name of Bob Woodward’s source’s source.
Cars Can Be Blue – All The Stuff We Do
:: With cleverly written songs like Do You Want It, Deep Dicking, and My Favorite Retard, All The Stuff We Do is destined to be all the rage with kids in the fifth to sixth grade in addition to the late twenties video game generation and the early thirties techno business dweeb crowd such as myself.
Imogen Heap – Speak For Yourself
:: Forget the classically trained pianist BS that you’ll read about Imogen Heap — replace the vocals with a Japanese accented woman and you might be left with bad J-Pop, or force feed poorly created methamphetamines to Tori Amos and you’ll get the same result.
Ester Drang – Rocinate
:: This record starts of incredibly strong and might win the award for most unique title for an interesting song — “Hooker With A Heart Of Gold” can’t be bad.
Sharon Jones – Naturally
:: I’m late in my personally discovery of Sharon Jones, not unlike much of the world, but Naturally is something anyone can appreciate with it’s ability to invoke wedding reception friendly dancing and funky chicken neck struts after a few drinks and a loosened tie.
Heartless Bastards – Stairs And Elevators
:: While the vocals immediately remind me of Danielle Howle and there could be some occassional comparisons to the Tantrums, the Heartless Bastards have put out a damn fine release with Stairs And Elevators without needing to be compared to anyone.
We Are Wolves – Non-Stop Je Te Plie En Deux
:: Disco electro-punk from Montreal that I was intially attracted to because they’re on the Fat Possum imprint, making them labelmates with the Heartless Bastards
Ryan Adams – 29
:: It’s not so much the sheer quantity of releases that amazes me about Ryan Adams, it’s the sheer quantity of crap.
The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up – Picks Us Apart
:: I want to love this record, but Robert Pollard’s Fading Captain Series has taught that honesty in relationship to your personal opinion regarding art and music is substantially more important than supporting an artist or a label because it’s the thing to do.
Boys Of Scandinavia – Kill The Party
:: The guys remind me that highly derivative records, while not always overwhelmingly lasting and interesting, can still be thought provoking due to the inspired deconstruction game one might play called, “Name Their Influences” and “Who Did It First Recently.”
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