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Entries from June 2008
June 11, 2008
Tha Carter III.
Lil’ Wayne
Tha Carter III
Cash Money Records
Rating: 7.5
If you’re a mixtape fiend who has hunted down every Lil’ Wayne release, official or non, memorized its content, and burned it for your friends over and over, Lil’ Wayne’s much anticipated studio album Tha Carter III will likely leave you disappointed. While some of the fire from [...]
June 10, 2008
Evil Urges.
My Morning Jacket
Evil Urges
ATO Records
Rating: 7.7
From the first spin of “Evil Urges” to the last prog-drenched seconds of “Touch Me I’m Going to Scream pt. 2,” it becomes clear that Evil Urges is a mixed bag of My Morning Jacket’s latest studio work, spanning Prince-induced funk (“Highly Suspicious”), straightforward southern rock ‘n’ roll (“I’m Amazed”), [...]
June 9, 2008
New Sigur Ros streaming…
At SigurRos.com. They have a little widget that you’re supposed to embed on blogs, but I’m having trouble with it, as the code appears to be messed up/doesn’t quite click with WordPress. Perhaps this statement can be interpreted as a reflection of my own technical limitations…but whatever. Free streaming music, and I’ve heard it’s pretty [...]
June 8, 2008
A Few Notes on the New Coldplay Record.
Let me preface this entry by saying this: I was wholly and completely bored by X&Y. I thought it was a thoroughly disappointing record where Coldplay, fronted by the overrated Chris Martin, employed an “arena-rock” attitude to a song-writing that style that lends itself to simple, elemental rock and roll.
I just heard the new record [...]
June 8, 2008
Media Page Updated
Ah, the sweet smell of upcoming summer releases…I’ve heard a few of them and, for the most part, they are pretty swell.
I’m gonna get back into album-review mode sometime next week and I will size up a few records, like:
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges out 6/10
Lil’ Wayne, Tha Carter III out 6/10
Apparently you can add [...]
