It was a hectic year, and trying to come up with a top-10 list to close things out seemed like an almost overwhelming task. Where there really 10 albums that stood out to me? Well, when I finally sat down to build and rank a list, I realized there were, and then some. ... »»
I remember the surge I used to get, back before YouTube and the Internet and downloading and 24-hour music television. Remember, when you just happened across a band because a friend mentioned it, or you caught a couple of seconds on an obscure radio station, or something caught your eye in a music store or a magazine? ... »»
Manchester Orchestra's second album, Mean Everything to Nothing, is an amazing journey through the minds of the Atlanta-based quintet, who have managed to bring back the heart and soul of a good rock album... »»
Santogold's record is good enough to warrant at least a portion of the hype in which it's currently being drowned. Listened to in a media vacuum and knowing nothing about Ms. White's condescending enlightened-liberal personality, you could easily be fooled into thinking this record is a pure, joyous expression of electrodelic pop by way of second-wave ska and mid-eighties college rock. But every note of this album is filtered through a smirking ironic screen, and in the end you'll just feel like you've been cast a schmuck for dancing to it. ... »»
