Lavender Diamond
Imagine Our Love
Label: Matador RecordsRelease Date: 02/20/07
I drove around one Sunday afternoon while listening to Imagine Our Love, Lavender Diamond’s debut full length for Matador Records. I figured a […]
Photo from Brooklyn Vegan
I didn’t know who the opener for Bjork was going to be until a day or two before the show, and I basically went into a seizure of joy when West Congo’s electro-trance group Konono No. 1 was announced. Two seemingly inaccessible European artists, both somehow equal parts fun and experimental. I […]
Timbaland
Presents Shock Value
Label: Blackground/Interscope
Release Date: 04/03/07
I understand why Timbaland’s profile is so high these days… he had a hand in a few of the most ubiquitous singles of the last year, after all, but why is this being dubbed a comeback? He has indeed been here for years, its not like a constant share of […]
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis
Label: Rough Trade
Release Date: 04/03/07
As a celebrity worshipping whore, there are many men I have at some time or another thought I wanted to be. Stanley Kubrick. Johnny Depp. Allen Iverson. An odd addition to this fluctuating list is Jarvis Cocker, formerly the frontman and creative leader for Pulp. He’s pale, awkward and skinny, […]
XBXRX
Wars
Label: Polyvinyl
Release Date: 04/10/07
Oh man, this is just wrong. It seems Polyvinyl is taking a break from promoting the likes of Decibully and Of Montreal to bring you XBXRX. Despite being around for close to ten years, regardless of who drops their name and produces them, I think these guys fall flat with […]
Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
Label: Republic
Release Date: 03/13/07
I think almost every full blooded American male had a relationship with that one girl everyone said to stay away from. She was the textbook definition of dysfunctional. She had tremendous low self esteem. She abused some substance whether it was alcohol or drugs. She always got you in […]
Glenn Hughes
Music For the Devine
Label: Warcon
Release Date: 01/30/07
I opened up the booklet for this CD and there’s tons of photos within it. There is a picture of Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers looking at Glenn Hughes while both are playing violin. Chad has that “Are you sure?” look. The […]
Eleni Mandell
Miracle of Five
Label: Zedtone
Release Date: 02/06/07
I had trouble finding the right words to justify why I enjoyed Eleni Mandell’s Miracle of Five. My curiosity led me to it and I found myself listening to it almost every day since I got my hands on it. Some days, I’m the “angry man music” […]
Fjord
Lives Lives
Label: Eulogy
Release Date: 01/23/07
I might as well include a disclaimer and say that a lot of “metalcore” or metallic hardcore hasn’t been my bag lately. In fact, I tend to avoid the genre like a venereal disease. While there are some groups out there that have gotten it right(The Dream is Dead, […]
Modest Mouse
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Label: Epic
Release Date: 03/20/07
I’m rather convinced Modest Mouse can never succeed with the majority of their core fanbase ever again. To remake The Lonesome Crowded West or The Moon and Antarctica would be pointless; to diverge from them would be sacreligious. And maybe that’s why […]
