Archive for the ‘Album Review’ Category
Album Review: Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career (2009)
Author: Matt Moeller24 May
| Rating: | Track: | Sound Code: | Track Title: | Length: |
| ***** | 1. | M | French Navy | 3:19 |
| **** | 2. | M | The Sweetest Thing | 4:22 |
| ***** | 3. | M | You Told A Lie | 3:44 |
| ***** | 4. | M | Away With Murder | 4:07 |
| **** | 5. | M | Swans | 4:07 |
| *** | 6. | M | James | 3:50 |
| ** | 7. | M | Careless Love | 4:35 |
| *** | 8. | M | My Maudlin Career | 4:19 |
| **** | 9. | M | Forests And Sands | 4:16 |
| *** | 10. | ML | Other Towns And Cities | 3:59 |
| ***** | 11. | M | Honey In The Sun | 5:44 |
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The 4th full length release from this brilliant Scottish Indie Pop 5 piece. Another bunch of great 60′s influenced mournful/joyous love songs sang by vocalist Tracyanne Campbell. Another one of my favorites from this year.
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Album Review: Handsome Furs – Face Control (2009)
Author: Matt Moeller16 May
| ating: | Track: | Sound Code: | Track Title: | Length: |
| **** | 1. | M | Legal Tender | 2:53 |
| **** | 2. | M | Evangeline | 3:42 |
| ***** | 3. | MH | Talking Hotel Arbat Blues | 2:43 |
| * | 4. | M | (Passport Kontrol) | 1:26 |
| ***** | 5. | M | All We Want, Baby, Is Everything | 3:11 |
| **** | 6. | MH | I’m Confused | 3:38 |
| *** | 7. | M | (White City) | 1:29 |
| ** | 8. | M | Nyet Spasiba | 4:21 |
| *** | 9. | M | Officer of Heart | 5:47 |
| *** | 10. | MH | Thy Will Be Done | 3:18 |
| ***** | 11. | MH | Radio Kaliningrad | 4:53 |
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The second release from this Indie/Synth Pop duo made up of husband and wife team Dan Boeckner & Alexei Perry. You may recognize the vocals as this is a side project to Dan’s main enterprise the Canadian Indie Rock group Wolf Parade. This release is among my top 5 so far this year. It took me a little to warm up the synth background but after a few listens I marveled at the singer’s ability to convey emotions against the artificial background.
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Album Review: Metric – Fantasies (2009)
Author: Matt Moeller3 May
| Rating: | Track: | Sound Code: | Track Title: | Length: |
| **** | 1. | MH | Help I’m Alive | 4:47 |
| ***** | 2. | MH | Sick Muse | 4:18 |
| **** | 3. | M | Satellite Mind (FCC) | 3:43 |
| *** | 4. | M | Twilight Galaxy | 4:54 |
| ***** | 5. | MH | Gold Guns Girls | 4:06 |
| *** | 6. | M | Gimme Sympathy (FCC) | 3:55 |
| ***** | 7. | M | Collect Call | 4:46 |
| *** | 8. | MH | Front Row | 3:35 |
| **** | 9. | M | Blindness | 4:27 |
| **** | 10. | MH | Stadium Love | 4:13 |
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The 4th full length release from this Toronto based Indie Pop 4 piece fronted by sometimes Broken Social Scene member Emily Haines. One of my favorite albums from 2009 so far.
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Album Review: R.E.M. – Accelerate (2008)
Author: Matt Moeller3 May
| Rating: | Track: | Sound Code: | Track Title: | Length: |
| **** | 1 | MH | Living Well Is The Best Revenge | 3:12 |
| *** | 2 | MH | Man-Sized Wreath | 2:33 |
| ***** | 3 | MH | Supernatural Superserious | 3:24 |
| *** | 4 | MH | Hollow Man | 2:39 |
| *** | 5 | M | Houston | 2:05 |
| *** | 6 | MH | Accelerate | 3:33 |
| *** | 7 | M | Until The Day Is Done | 4:09 |
| *** | 8 | M | Mr. Richards | 3:46 |
| *** | 9 | M | Sing For The Submarine | 4:50 |
| **** | 10 | MH | Horse To Water (FCC) | 2:18 |
| ***** | 11 | MH | I’m Gonna DJ | 2:07 |
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Highly publicized as R.E.M.’s return to ROCK, in the tradition of Monster (although the material is much better). This is the veteran modern rock bands 14th full length release. Stipe wrestles with varying subject matter including gay rights in America in several songs and the Michael Richards racist tirade. Overall a pretty solid release, although I didn’t find as many great tracks just a lot of decent tracks.
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