frightened rabbit @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Two sentence reviews of reasonably new albums and EPs I listened to in April: Annuals — Sweet Sister EP: this is deliciously sweet, cleverly layered indie pop, and it’s really good, and it just pisses me off all the worse that Annuals remain one of the…
Category: opinions about albums
josh ritter — so runs the world away
josh ritter @ the cat’s cradle, carrboro, nc, originally uploaded by minervacat. Josh Ritter — So Runs The World Away. Out 4/17 on limited release vinyl for Record Store Day 2010; out wide release on 5/4, V2 Records. Thank god for Record Store Day vinyl releases, is all I’m saying. There’s not much that Josh…
dr dog — shame shame
isle of palms, sc, april 2010, originally uploaded by minervacat. Dr. Dog — Shame, Shame. Out 4/6, Anti- Records. Dr. Dog is a band that I probably would have paid very little attention to, if not for Bristol Rhythm & Roots and my friend Hank. I’d snagged their last two albums prior to Bristol, because…
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in march
shearwater @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. I slacked on album reviews this month — I had very important baseball things to attend to, yo — but here’s a grab bag of stuff I acquired and listened to this month. Sea Bear — We Built A Fire: Icelandic indie pop; this album sparkles in…
drive-by truckers — the big to-do
drive-by truckers @ the lincoln, night one, originally uploaded by minervacat. Drive-By Truckers, The Big To-Do. Out 3/16, ATO Records. Okay, true confession time: when I think of Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, I think of it as an album I don’t like very much. This is a bizarre fallacy of logic, because I love every…
the morning benders — big echo
wrightsville beach, originally uploaded by minervacat. the morning benders, Big Echo. Out 3/9, Rough Trade Records. This is going to be kind of a big statement, but trust me, I don’t make it without having considered and considered and considered the new record from New-York-via-Berkeley’s the morning benders: I think that album-opener “Excuses” might just…
two sentence reviews of albums i listened to in february
glossary @ aquarius music hall, originally uploaded by minervacat. Two-sentence reviews of reasonably new albums I listened to in February: Surfer Blood — Astro Coast: I love this album and find all press about it to be vaguely irritating for no reason I could explain. But damn, this is a great rock and roll album….
jason and the scorchers — halcyon times
the mighty ohio @ aquarius music hall, originally uploaded by minervacat. Jason & the Scorchers — Halcyon Times. Out 2/23, self-released. The genre descriptor “cowpunk” doesn’t get used as much now as it used to, I don’t think, which it is a shame only because it’s a great descriptor for a very specific sound that…
los campesinos! — romance is boring
drive-by truckers @ the lincoln, night one, originally uploaded by minervacat. Los Campesinos!, Romance Is Boring. Out 2/1, Arts & Crafts. Ooooh, such a pretentious hipster band, and yet I adore them — the hand claps, the fuzzy distorted guitar and thumping basslines, the charmingly twee vocals. They remind me a little of the aesthetic…
reckless kelly — somewhere in time
holy ghost tent revival @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. Reckless Kelly — Somewhere In Time. Out 2/8, Yep Roc Records. I was glad that I had a series of topical posts come up this week, because I’ve been dragging my feet on thinking about Reckless Kelly’s new release, which dropped Tuesday. I…
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