Beck: Odelay January 11, 2015The first time I heard this album was at a friend’s house in New Jersey. It was during...
Baby Chaos: Love Your Self Abuse January 11, 2015Man, I have no idea where this one came from–although I wish it would go back. Baby Chaos?...
Artificial Joy Club: Melt January 8, 2015Another from the Interscope trash heap, I picked this one up years ago and really hadn’t listened to...
Dinosaur Jr.: I Bet on Sky December 30, 2012One could almost call Dino Jr. prolific at this point. This, their third album in five years since...
The Darcys: The Darcys August 17, 2012I saw these guys when they opened for Ramona Falls. I gave them not the likeliest chance in...
Cage the Elephant: Cage the Elephant June 29, 2011Hey look, I’m a cracked out G. Love. Or at least that’s how this wad-blowing first track, “In...
Foo Fighters: Wasting Light April 26, 2011It’s been a while since I’ve been a fan of Foo Fighters. Not because they’ve changed or lowered...
The Smashing Pumpkins: Pisces Iscariot April 3, 2011Apparently this wasn’t a proper album, but rather one of those odds and sods things that bands tend...
Cage the Elephant: Thank You Happy Birthday February 26, 2011I really thought I’d dislike this album. I thought I had heard stuff off their last album and...
The Airborne Toxic Event: The Airborne Toxic Event January 30, 2009Like Toadies’ Possum Kingdom back in the day, this is a one-track purchase. “Sometime Around Midnight” was certainly...
Black Francis: Svn Fngrs June 28, 2008Black Francis is such a freak! No but really, listen to the first song on this EP, “The...
Black Francis: Bluefinger March 31, 2008It’s impossible to divorce Black Francis (or Frank Black) from the Pixies and vice versa. There are a...
Pixies: Bossanova March 19, 2008It’s not a good sign that they open the album with an instrumental. I don’t really like instrumentals....
The Police: Synchronicity March 7, 2008Listening to this, The Police’s last album, in the context of their other albums, you’d almost think this...
Stone Temple Pilots: Purple February 15, 2008This thing got so damaged in college, that I’ve been unable to play it or rip it to...
Stone Temple Pilots: Core February 3, 2008The minute the first chord burst forth on “Dead and Bloated,” we knew we were in the height...
Dinosaur Jr.: Beyond January 5, 2008This thing brought me right back to the old days right out of the gate. Sure, J Mascis‘...
Pixies: Come on Pilgrim August 15, 2007I’m not sure what’s up with all the foreign language stuff, but this debut by a weird college...
