“Music” Archives

If you like indie/emo with a little rock and some added instrumental depth thrown in for good measure, you may enjoy it too.

Throughout the record, one gets the feeling that Huffamoose is just trying too hard to sound cooler than their music.

OVO is an almost excellent record, not without its flaws, I must admit, but pretty much worth the money.

The recording and the performances are flawless, perhaps TOO flawless.

I hope everybody besides me might now see him as Morrissey’s American counterpart.

I challenge you to find a more diverse and eclectic release that’s as listenable and engaging as this one.

Björk’s voice has never been better, nor has her writing seemed so focused.

In the Russet Gold of This Vain Hour lacks its predecessor’s sense of bombast, instead opting for a much more delicate sound, one of finesse and filigree.

This is the real thing kids, pop music that’s accessible and catchy, but with more than its share of haunting emotion.

Every song is short and to the point, which is good I guess, but every song says the same thing in the exact same way.

This record is one of the best of the year 2000.

Features some of the best of O’Connor’s lyrics in a long time.

The album represents a return to greatness for DJ Cam.

Confirms the fact that we are hearing one of the most exquisite groups of the ’90s, and of the next decade.

The thing that keeps this from being just another Britpop rip-off is the amount of strangeness The People incorporates into their songs.

I challenge you to listen to Songs of Latitude and Longitude and not get a little nostalgic.

Ultra-jangly pop songs that sound as fragile as glass sculptures and are just as pretty.

Ultimately, though, the question should be whether or not a compilation like this makes me want to seek out the original.

Imagine Belle and Sebastian all grown up, writing music for public television specials and working as music professors.