A Place To Bury Strangers – Worship
2 of 5 stars
It started to grow on me by the last song, but it didn’t really grab me.
Beachwood Sparks – The Tarnished Gold
4 of 5 stars
Soothing lead vox, front-porch harmony, sailing slide guitar, ethereal keys, and perfectly twangy electric guitars over a core groove from the bass, drums, and acoustic guitar rhythm section made it so I didn’t want it to end.
Blues Traveler – Suzie Cracks The Whip
3 of 5 stars
Some good grooves for what would surely be extended jams live with always impressive harmonica playing.
Chris Cagle – Back In The Saddle
1 of 5 stars
The most horrid kind of exploitation of the culture of the American South that I’ve heard in some time set over late 80s hard rock with just enough steel and fiddle to call it “Country” and a voice heavily stylized in a failed attempt to cover it’s natural poor quality. Normally, I prefer to abide by “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all,” but I’m making an exception for this album. This album is the embodiment of all that is wrong with modern pop-country. The only redeeming quality is the skill of the session musicians.
Julian Cope – Psychedelic Revolution
3 of 5 stars
Irreverent, dissonant, confident music that sounds like it was recorded in the late 1960’s.
The dB’s – Falling Off The Sky
3 of 5 stars
Solid, catchy tunes built on a bit of a psychedelic-blues-rock foundation.
Diiv – Oshin
4 of 5 stars
Terrific attention to detail. Every new layer is exactly what’s needed and no more. This record has a wonderful groove that makes it easy to lose yourself into the music.
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