Album Reviews

DJ Shadow: The Outsider

Jack Spilberg September 19, 2006 No Comments

Toss out all your expectations of what a DJ Shadow album should sound like, as this latest effort is like nothing he has come through with before. With a mix of songs from all ends of the musical spectrum; including hardcore rap, blues guitar, psychedelic folk, Coldplay-tinged ballads, and experimental atmospheric soundscapes, this schizophrenic collage of an album is overwhelmingly eclectic to say the least.

Daniel Hutchens: Love Songs for Losers

Jamie Lee September 15, 2006 No Comments

The tenacity of Daniel Hutchens makes little sense. Over the course of six albums with his band, Bloodkin, and two solo albums, he has skirted both critical and popular acknowledgement, despite writing some of the most prolific verse to grace southern rock in the last decade.

TV on the Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain

Andrew Bruss September 14, 2006 No Comments

TV on the Radio

John Ginty Band: Fireside Live

Chad Berndtson September 13, 2006 No Comments

Fireside Live is loads of fun, as if Joey DeFrancesco or Jimmy Scott traded in the more academic jazz aesthetic (but retained same chops and improvisational proclivities) to front a boozy gospel-rock outfit Ginty’s taken to calling “outlaw gospel.”

The Motet: Instrumental Dissent

Jason Gershuny September 11, 2006 No Comments

Instrumental Dissent, The Motet

Bob Dylan: Modern Times

Shawn Donohue September 11, 2006 No Comments

Welcome to Bob Dylan’s Modern Times, which sounds about as “modern” as a Model T Ford. The legend's new album has become his first #1 record since 1976’s Desire, to which Modern Times is a kindred spirit; both follow career defining albums which critics hailed as “The Re-birth of Dylan.”

Brian Eno / David Byrne: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Tony Engelhart September 8, 2006 No Comments

Recorded between August 1979 and October 1980, the disc was unlike anything record buyers had ever heard unless they were dancing on the fringes and listening to Cabaret Voltaire or Psychic TV.