Artist: And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of DeadAlbum: The Century of Self
Epic and complex
Rocks throughout but holds no hits
Best work still in past
Buy, Steal, Skip: Steal
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Artist: Yeah Yeah YeahsAlbum: It's Blitz!
Synth but not dance rock
Karen O still writes good songs
Everyone relax
Buy, Steal, Skip: Buy
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Artist: Dan DeaconAlbum: Bromst
Still does same old tricks
Mature but fun, fills out sound
Deacon is the man
Buy, Steal, Skip: Buy
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Artist: WavvesAlbum: Wavvves
Fuzz punk songs are good
Total four good tracks, no more
Don't believe the hype
Buy, Steal, Skip: Steal
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Artist: The Black LipsAlbum: 200 Million Thousand
60s garage punk
It's been done, but still sounds good
VU fans should like
Buy, Steal, Skip: Steal
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Artist: Mi AmiAlbum: Watersports
I like the idea
Flashes of good guitar work
Not a fun listen
Buy, Steal, Skip: Skip
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Artist: Say HiAlbum: Ohhs & Ahhs
Weakest record yet
Too much indulgence, Say Hi
Get Ferocious Mopes
Buy, Steal, Skip: Skip
I heard two songs from It's Blitz! and have no desire to hear more. Bring back the garage rock howling guitars and Karen O's sexual panting!
ReplyDeleteI was pretty turned off to It's Blitz leading up to the record's release, but it really is just Show Your Bones with a few more ballads.
ReplyDeleteBut it looks like the Fever to Tell days are over forever, which is really a drag.