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Volume Plus Volume by Rescue (Review)
I think my feelings for Volume Plus Volume are best expressed in a 5-part series of haikus.Morning Noon Night by Jim Guthrie (Review)
Guthrie’s understated blend of pure pop with experimentalism calls to mind the work of Sufjan Stevens.Blue Cotton Skin by Petracovich (Review)
Jessica Peters balances her electronic and acoustic leanings with considerable skill.100th Window by Massive Attack (Review)
I was surprised and dismayed at how unaffecting it soon became.Get Into It by Tora! Tora! Torrance! (Review)
Give Tora! Tora! Torrance! a try, and long live the Rock.Light a Match for I Deserve to Burn by The Beautiful Mistake (Review)
Sonically, The Beautiful Mistake is a clichéd culmination of everything currently happening in the musical underground.Linear Language by Syst (Review)
I simply forgot that I was listening to a white boy and just starting soaking in some nice beats and skilled rhyming.Formations by Mileece (Review)
The album’s focus is more intent on creating dreamy textures rather than anything more concrete.Projecto by Kobi (Review)
Kobi create pieces of stunning focus and intensity, especially given the unstructured approach behind their construction.Silver Line on a Black Sea by The Potomac Accord (Review)
While there are undeniable Godspeed comparisons, The Potomac Accord’s music is never quite so bombastic.Debridement by Rivulets (Review)
A definite sense of wistfulness and longing permeates this album.Wrong by Locust (Review)
An attempt to bridge the gap between Mark Van Hoen’s harsh earlier work and his most song-oriented material.Smash the System (Singles and More) by Saint Etienne (Review)
A two-disc compilation that serves as an excellent introduction to Saint Etienne’s pristine, immaculate dance pop.Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars & Sitars by Dan The Automator (Review)
Guns, Cars & Sitars flows with a sense of style and funk that is deeply infectious, exotic, and most importantly, bad ass.Be Not Nobody by Vanessa Carlton (Review)
Despite the shadows cast by the album’s reserved polish, it is a credit to Carlton that her panache rises to the surface.