Category Archives: Music Reviews
Ben Folds Five — The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner
Year: 1999 Label: 550 Music Length: 40:20 My favorite Ben Folds Five album. I was on a school trip in Toronto when I bought this. Ben Folds Five had been riding high on the hits from Whatever and Ever Amen. … Continue reading
Valerie and Friends
Year: 2009 Label: Valerie Length: 1:17:27 French electronic group College gained some popularity after the release of the movie Drive. The track A Real Hero, with Electric Youth, was featured during the movie and quickly became part of Drive memes. … Continue reading
New Order — BBC Radio | Live In Concert
Year: 1987 (Released 1992) Label: Strange Fruit Length: 59:09 There aren’t many official live recordings of New Order, if any, so this BBC Radio recording of New Order’s 1987 Glastonbury appearance is as close as you’ll get to one that’s … Continue reading
Pivot — O Soundtrack My Heart
Year: 2008 Label: Warp Length: 51:12 I like a lot of stuff that Warp puts out, but O Soundtrack My Heart is my most recent favorite, even considering it’s been almost four years since O Soundtrack My Heart has been … Continue reading
Saint Etienne – Good Humor
Year: 1998 Label: Sub-Pop Length: 43:35 I downloaded plenty of MP3s from Napster back in 1999/2000. Napster allowed me to branch out from the musical selections you may expect of any awkward teenage boy, namely lots of They Might Be … Continue reading
Varia Suite – Metroid Metal
Year: 2009 Label: Silent Uproar Records Length: 50:17 These heavy metal arrangements of themes from Metroid are pretty rockin’. Most of these are of music from the original NES version and Super Metroid, which is fine by me. Track # … Continue reading
Altair Nouveau — Dark Energy
Year: 2009 Label: Emusic Selects Length: 30:14 Electronic, dark John Carpenter styled music meets dance beats. Probably my favorite thing I ever got from Emusic. As part of Emusic Selects, Emusic’s series of exclusive releases, it’s only available through Emusic. … Continue reading
Sally Shapiro — My Guilty Pleasure
Year: 2009 Label: Paper Bag Records Length: 38:22 An anonymous swedish singer and producer Johan Agebjörn’s second release under Sally Shapiro. 80s synth-pop / italo-disco influences. Miracle can turn into a real earworm if you let it. Track # Title … Continue reading
PJ Harvey — White Chalk
Year: 2007 Label: Island Length: 33:57 PJ Harvey just had a new album come out, but I really really love White Chalk. Probably my favorite of hers. Via Wikipedia: For this album Harvey has moved away from alternative rock and … Continue reading
Osborne — Osborne
Year: 2008 Genre: Electronic Label: Ghostly International / Spectral Sound Somewhere between Detroit techno, acid…runs pretty long at about about 77 minutes. It’s from Ghostly International, so if you like anything from them already you’ll probably like this.1 Track # … Continue reading