My resolution for next year is go with my gut. I had read press before, and plenty after, about all three of these albums, yet I waited and picked them up a week ago to see what the fuss was about. When I read enough good things about an album, and if my own research holds water, I should just take a chance on it. You’d think I’d learn by now. Here are three more that should have been added to my original list.
F’d Up, David Comes to Life – the story: a man name David falls in
Archive for Album Review
The Black Keys, El Camino, 2011
If I could add another album to my list from last week it would be this one. Anyone that knows what a real Chevy El Camino looks like should realize the joke that is being played. However, we’re not here to discuss cars with truck beds -- sorry to disappoint you -- instead we’re going to talk about how The Black Keys capitalized on their success and released some solid jams that will have you strutting down the street.
In 2008 the duo of Dan Auerbach and Pat Carney teamed up with producer Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse,
In 2008 the duo of Dan Auerbach and Pat Carney teamed up with producer Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse,
Finding Disturbed’s Lost Children
Perhaps I was a bit harsh with my previous Disturbed review. Since that time, well over a year ago, I've actually come to like a few tracks from that album. Oh well.
At any rate... Early last month, Disturbed released a compilation of B-sides and unreleased tracks titled The Lost Children. The 16-track album traverses B-side tunes from the band's first album, The Sickness, on up through their last offering, Asylum, and is a great retrospective of the group's career.
If you're picking up what I'm putting down, you might be aware that Disturbed recently announced an indefinite hiatus
At any rate... Early last month, Disturbed released a compilation of B-sides and unreleased tracks titled The Lost Children. The 16-track album traverses B-side tunes from the band's first album, The Sickness, on up through their last offering, Asylum, and is a great retrospective of the group's career.
If you're picking up what I'm putting down, you might be aware that Disturbed recently announced an indefinite hiatus
Album Review: A Very She & Him Christmas
When you're done listening to Michael Bublé's latest Christmas album, there's another album that just might be worth a listen: A Very She & Him Christmas, which features Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, the duo that forms She & Him. Together, with Deschanel on vocals, ukulele, and piano, and Ward on vocals, guitar, and organ, they tackle 12 Christmas classics, sometimes with more success than other times.
Deschanel swiftly (and daringly) introduces us to her soothing vocals, taking on the first notes of the album completely on her own, in "The Christmas Waltz." The production for this song is ever
Deschanel swiftly (and daringly) introduces us to her soothing vocals, taking on the first notes of the album completely on her own, in "The Christmas Waltz." The production for this song is ever
Nat and Alex Wolff, Black Sheep, 2011
My motto, for the past eight years, has been: I’ll give it a spin once because it can’t kill me, right? When the opportunity came to review something that was genuine twee-pop, I had to research The Naked Brothers Band for some background, I said "oh what the hell" and gave these brothers a fair chance. For a few boys that started young, crafting songs by themselves, then on to Nickelodeon, they seem to have come a long way.
Right off the bat, what I liked about this album is that these boys seem to be singing from their hearts and
Right off the bat, what I liked about this album is that these boys seem to be singing from their hearts and
