Dr. Dog
We All Belong
Label: Park The Van Records
Release Date:02/27/07
We All Belong opens with the track Old News, a song that sounds as if it fell from the liner notes of The Beatles Help! album. It is only around 2 minutes long, but sets the mood for this magnificent album perfectly vowing that “It’s So Easy […]
Jonny Greenwood
Is The Controller
Label: Trojan
Release Date:3/06/2007
The British label that has made its name over the years as the best distributor of classic Jamaican music, Trojan, has released a new single disc compilation. It is called “Jonny Greenwood Is The Controller.” Jonny Greenwood is a guitarist in Radiohead, and may seem an odd choice to arrange […]
Erasure
On the Road to Nashville
Label: MuteRelease Date: 02/20/07
It is easy to put a finger on many of MTV’s ultimately negative contributions to pop culture. Understanding that it has brought a great deal of incredible art to mass audiences who would never […]
Calla
Strength in Numbers
Label: Beggars BanquetRelease Date: 02/20/07
Calla gets more out of space and quietness than many bands get out of noise overload. This is not the pretentious, “this is tasteful and meaningful” silence some artists use to create an artificial sense […]
Bob & Gene
If This World Were Mine…
Label: Daptone
Release Date:02/20/2007
When I first saw this album, I thought it was a trick. Daptone Records has a habit of disguising their stellar new releases, by artists like Sharon Jones, the Sugarman 3, and Lee Fields, as unearthed treasures from a distant golden age of funk and soul. […]
Trans AM
Sex Change
Label: Thrill JockeyRelease Date: 02/20/07
“Sex Change,” the latest from Trans Am, is a truly invigorating, exhilarating album. The band, originally hailing from Washington, DC, and now about as internationally dispersed as 3 guys can be, have always been occasionally […]
Triclops
Cafeteria Brutalia
Label: Sick RoomRelease Date: 02/06/07
I was excited to find out that Triclops features Johnny from the Fleshies on vocals. In late 2003, the Fleshies made their only Virginia Beach appearance opening for the Candy Snatchers. While some locals might […]
