2008 Trastienda RecordsDownload4/10I load La Estulticia del Cognicidio, Waiting Room’s latest album, into my iTunes playlist, and about a minute into the opening track Tites Tites, I am struck by three things:Boy, are these drums full and rich! Kudos to whoever mixed this album!Heh, this song’s title looks a lot like “Titties, Titties”Waiting Room sounds a whole hell of a lot like Indian
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Waiting Room - La Estulticia del Cognicidio
We don't believe in filler, baby...
Hey all (20 of you),Sorry for the recent drought, I've been busy packing my life into boxes for college, but in the next week, rest assured there will be reviews of Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Waiting Room, and Autumn Chorus (and probably some more too!).Until then, feel free to steal a copy of the late, great indie darlings Some By Sea's first album, Get ...
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Some good songs...
Right now, I should be writing a review of Autumn Chorus's EP for that other website, but frankly, it's a rather mediocre release, and penning a critique of it is therefore much akin to torture.So instead, I'll post an unsolicited list of some good songs. They might not, in the words of Natalie Portman, "change your life", but they're pretty good songs; nothing more, nothing less.***lololol mix...
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One Day As A Lion - One Day As A Lion EP
2008ANTI-Buy (Amazon.com)7.5/10Depending on how many press junkets you have (or haven't) read, you may (or may not) know that One Day As A Lion is a collaboration of Rage Against The Machine's Zack De La Rocha and ex-The Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore, or that their name is taken from what is apparently a "famous" piece of graffiti declaring that "it's better to live one day as a lion, than a...
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Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles - A Boldogság Minden Reményét Elragadták
2008Self Released9/10This was one of my "sample" reviews that I submitted along with my application to become a writer for The Silent Ballet. This was really only the second critical review that I wrote, so the quality is probably a bit questionable, but this was one hell of a release. If you want to get a copy, just e-mail the band here.*** I’m hesitant. I scroll through the archives of past.
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Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
2008 Merge Records Buy (Amazon.com)8/10My taskbar begins to flash intermittent orange: a new instant message. It's from Kyle."new conor oberst just leaked on waffles, you should check it out"I steal the music (don't tell the RIAA), but my rationale is sound. Kyle has good taste, I had been waiting for this album to drop for a few months now, and I'll probably end up buying it anyway. Besides, a...
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The 20 Best Albums Released Since 1970: 10-1
Read about albums 11-20 here.10. Kid A - Radiohead2000CapitolBuy (Amazon.com)#10 has been quite vexing - before I begin, a brief (and very tangential) history lesson.This vacancy was first occupied by Taking Back Sunday's phenomenal Tell All Your Friends. The greatest album to come out of the New Jersey/Long Island scene since Glassjaw's Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence? Yes. On...
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The 20 Best Albums Released Since 1970: 20-11
Anybody and everybody these days seems to have a Top __ Albums feature going, so I figured I better make one too. I'll be the first to admit it: the list is strongly biased towards guitar-based albums released from 1995 onward (especially those of the more independent variety), but this is a product of my age more than anything. Feel free to add a comment putting me in my place, I could always ...
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Panic at the Disco - Pretty. Odd.
2008Fueled By RamenBuy (Amazon.com)6.5/10The following is a real excerpt of a discussion which transpired on the Dean Koontz Institute for Asemic Writing's Writer's Block Support Line. Names have been changed...kind of. Support Technician: Dean Koontz Institute's Writer's Block Support, Toni Morrison speaking, how may I help you?"Pandy" "Missner": Hi, yeah, uh...I've got the block. I've got it ...
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Jeniferever - Nangijala EP
2008Club AC30Buy (ClubAC30.com)6/10Coming off at first like Carissa’s Wierd, and eventually trading up for some horns and crescendos that befit the “post-rock” tag, opener Nangijala serves as an apt representation of Jeniferever’s newest EP: pretty, competent, and wholly underwhelming. That’s not to say that this is a bad release by any stretch of the imagination; rather, it’s disappoi
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Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves - Roll With You
2008Q-Division RecordsBuy (Amazon.com)7/10Thank God for opening bands.They usually serve as a bit of a buffer, a way to ensure that I catch the group that I am there to see. If I'm late, who cares? I just missed some of the opening act's songs, which are usually quite forgettable anyway. Not the case with Eli "Paperboy" Reed & the True Loves, an exceptional soul-revival act (think Sharon Jones,...
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mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
2006Tooth & Nail RecordsBuy (Amazon.com)10/10Best of 2006On Messes Of Men, Aaron Weiss, mewithoutYou's rather..ahem...unique frontman, proclaims, "Lord, I could never show you anything as beautiful as you". That's not quite true, because I can think of something pretty gosh darn beautiful. I'll give you a hint: it starts with a 'B' and rhymes with 'Other Fister'.There is so much to be said abou...
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