JUNE 2010

1. Hey Champ | (We Are) Champions (feat. Cool Kids)
2. The Knux | Cappuccino
3. M.I.A. | XXXO
4. Sleigh Bells | Rill Rill
5. Stars | We Don’t Want Your Body Continue Reading

What starts out as a southern-friend ramble ends up the rollicking cousin to The Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil.”  Each features an extended segment of searing guitar solo and raucous honky tonk piano.  The Stones’ added “woo-woos” and Mick’s high-pitched howls are among the superfluities that flesh out their record’s waning moments. Continue Reading

While their parasitic arachnid counterparts ravage campers, these Ticks bring me unparalleled pleasure.  Ever since my first exposure to War Elephant (2007), I have found brilliance in their albums.  Sounding like a rustic, Rocky Mountain prospector, John J. McCauley III’s grating vocals sound every bit as rough as the twenty-mile trudge that separates him from his lover. Continue Reading

MAY 2010

1. LCD Soundsystem | Dance Yrself Clean
2. Japandroids | Darkness On The Edge Of Gastown
3. Crystal Castles | Baptism
4. Sleigh Bells | Kids
5. The Black Keys | Howlin’ For You Continue Reading

AUGUST 2009

1. Noisettes | Never Forget You
2. Patrick Wolf | Hard Times
3. Sunset Rubdown | Idiot Heart
4. Metric | Help I’m Alive
5. Health | Die Slow Continue Reading

JULY 2009

1. Starfucker | Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. Royksopp | The Girl Ad The Robot
3. The Gossip | Four Letter Word
4. Late Of The Pier | Space And The Woods
5. White Rabbits | Rudie Fails Continue Reading

APRIL 2008

1. Owl City | Hello Seattle
2. The Magnetic Fields | Drive On, Driver
3. Tapes ‘n Tapes | Hang Them All
4. Born Ruffians | Barnacle Goose
5. Be Your Own Pet | The Kelly Affair Continue Reading