‘Album’ Archives
Peace Orchestra
Album: Peace Orchestra Artist: Peter Kruder Genre: mixed Label: G-Stone Recordings If you’ve been looking for your next hit of “musical morphine”; I have some of the best Down-Tempo I’ve ever heard for you. A tangent of Kruder’s; from Kruder [Read More]
Vampire Weekend
Artist: Vampire Weekend Album: Vampire Weekend Genre: Indie pop Label: XL recordings I’ll preface by saying that this band was poorly introduced to me. Contrary to unpopular belief, Vampire Weekend is not the new Audioslave nor a replacement for them (long story). [Read More]
Demon Days
Artist: Gorillaz Album: Demon Days Genre: Trip-Alt. Rock Label: Parlophone Gorillaz is definitely a noteworthy band and I have nothing but respect for the creators. All the sounds are original and an animated band was a whole new concept they pulled off very well (they even [Read More]
Grow Up and Blow Away
Artist: Metric Album: Grow Up and Blow Away Genre: Indie Rock Label: Last Gang Records For some reason I’m feeling a “what could have been” is in order for this album. This is actually Metric’s first recorded album, but for some reason was never [Read More]
Black Holes & Revelations
Artist: Muse Album: Black Holes and Revelations Genre: Alt. Rock Label: Helium 3 If you’ve never heard of Muse before it’s OK; we still love you. But you need to know, there’s two types of people in this world, those who have never heard of Muse, and those [Read More]
Mirror Conspiracy
Artist: Thievery Corporation Album: Mirror Conspiracy Genre: Chill out Label: ESL music I’ve always had trouble grouping Thievery Corporation into a genre; it might have something to do with how their music spans 4 to 5 of them. Yes, I called it “Chill [Read More]
None Shall Pass
Artist: Aesop Rock Album: None Shall Pass Genre: Underground Hip-hop Label: Definitive Jux Aesop Rock definitely holds a spot in my top 5 artists. Imagine “understandable” rapping where the artist’s voice is essentially another instrument in some great [Read More]
