140orless
Sun Kil Moon - April: Feels like a warm shower in the middle of Winter.
| R.E.M - Accelerate: Two big thumbs in the downward motion. Send these fellas back to Athens! Or back to Rockville or whatevs.... |
|
| Pete and The Pirates - Little Death: Ridiculously great serendipitous discovery. This record is why I love music. Top 10 for sure. |
|
| Elf Power - In a Cave: Gets progressively poppier as you move further into the record. Prog-pop. Just coined that phrase. |
|
| v/a - Flying Nun 25th Anniversary Box Set: If you love la rock, this set from this seminal imprint is required listening. |
|
| Destroyer - Trouble In Dream: Front loaded with great songs, but front loaded with great songs. |
|
| Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride: A killer opening track and a record that people who know music are going to fawn over. |
|
| Tyler Ramsey - A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea: My new favorite record. Well rounded, little to no filler. |
|
| Nick Lowe - At My Age: Good to hear Mr. Lowe still putting out records. This is good soundtrack music, but not everyday listening. |
|
| Times New Viking - Rip It Off: Lo-fi, raw, and distorted, but filled with pop hooks and angry guitars. |
|
| Magnetic Fields - Distortion: Easily the first record in my 2008 Top 10. Made for the intelligentsia who have a heart, and who've loved ... ... |
|
| Magnetic Fields - Distortion: You won't "get" this record on first listen. It needs about 26 listens to fully appreciate it. I'm getti ... ... |
|
| Sigur Rós - Hvarf/Heim: I make up the words to their songs. My Icelandic sucks ass at the moment. Find meaning in the color of the words. ... |
|
| Celebration - The Modern Tribe: Wasn't moved by this record when I first heard it, but am starting to actually warm up to it. |
|
| Black Mountain - Black Mountain: Fucking taught. "Druganaut" with the surprise female vocals is off the chain. Forgot how good this is. |
|
| Bonnie Prince Billy - Ask Forgiveness: I write Mr. Billy off every couple of years, but he draws me back in with gems like this EP. |
|
| Aloha - Light Works: There are some irresistible hooks on this record despite the Garden State-ish nature of the songs. |
|
| Black Mountain - In The Future: Signs are positive, but more listens required to see if it holds up to the last release. Update later. |
|
| Wire - Read & Burn 03: Any fan of Wired needs to get on this record ASAP. |
|
| Mgmt - Oracular Spectacular - (contd listen) - This is a 2007 Top 10 contender for sure. I hear Prince in this record oddly enough. |
|