2007, 20th Century Fox
I’ve been waiting 10 years for a Simpsons Movie, and it’s finally arrived. Is it perfect? No. But it’s more than sufficient. I saw a midnight showing last Friday morning, and I was impressed.
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Liars have made a pretty damn accessible album (compared to their past two), without compromising their sound one little bit.
Most Indie bands are keen to put a record out as soon as they’ve been publicly acknowledged, and the result is often a garbled mess of poorly-rehearsed and selected nonsense.
Do you like your Indie rock itchy, nervy, and rhythmically complex, with tuned angular guitars that suddenly shift into funky, almost tropical figures?
Scotland-based Frightened Rabbit mix folk, punk, and pop into a wonderfully Indiemotional brew.
The best vault-cleaning release since Syd Barrett’s Opel suffers only from its brevity.
Dan Deacon’s music-school experiences obviously taught him the ropes of playful, complex, musical deflation.
2007, First Look International
It’s easy to imagine this one fucking up a family of four that thinks they’re in for another family-friendly superhero movie.
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2007, Temporary Residence
Don’t let the album cover fool you, with its picture of a diesel truck on a lonely, lost Hank Williams highway: this is not the stuff of urban sprawl.
2007, Exit Stencil
Once in a while, a country record comes along with the rare ability to attract non-country fans.
2007, Definitive Jux
I was just about to give up on hip-hop.
2003, Absolutely Kosher
Amazingly, even people who consider themselves “in the know” are unfamiliar with both The Wrens and this album.
2007, Fat Cat
The Twilight Sad’s latest album, Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters, is less sad than cathartic.
Their name is somewhat deceiving; those expecting funereal, ethereal, twilit soundscapes need not even give the band a second glance. If, however, you think that My Bloody Valentine sorely needs an accordion and a thicker accent, well, then this is the album for you.
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Mean Streets
1973, Warner
A
It’s a crime that more people haven’t seen Martin Scorsese’s first major picture.
2007, Kill Rock Stars
It’s quite possible that Ms. Stern or her (and Hella’s) drummer Zach Hill broke (or at least dislocated) an arm in the recording of this album.
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