Wolfmother – Wolfmother Review
Wolfmother The Inside Pulse My promo copy of Wolfmother did not contain the above graphic. I had no preconceived notions as to what Wolfmother would sound like. As far as I knew, it was another in a...
View ArticleThe Fever – In The City of Sleep Review
Website: The Fever The Inside Pulse: In The City Of Sleep is the second full length from The Fever, which presents an entirely new sonic palette from their 2003 debut Red Bedroom. Disposing of their...
View ArticleNeil Young – Living With War Review
Website: Neil Young Full Album Stream The Inside Pulse: Being a Neil Young fan requires patience and understanding. The man has been promising to release his Archives collection for more than thirteen...
View ArticlePaul Simon – Surprise Review
Website: Paul Simon The Inside Pulse: Considering his long career, Surprise may be Paul Simon’s most aptly titled album yet. Gone are the African and Brazilian-inflected polyrhythms, the tribal beats...
View ArticleMew – And the Glass Handed Kites Review
Website: Mew The Inside Pulse: Danish band Mew’s second full-length, “And the Glass Handed Kites†is a sprawling, grand, 54-minute indie-prog journey. Without any...
View ArticleDirty On Purpose – Hallelujah Sirens Review
Website: Dirty On Purpose The Inside Pulse: Dirty On Purpose’s rollicking, spacey noise pop evokes a certain sadness. Trying to put your finger on exactly what type of sadness is difficult, but...
View ArticleSam Roberts – Chemical City Review
Website: Sam Roberts The Inside Pulse: A much more ambitious album than the Sam Roberts band’s debut, Chemical City blends classic psych rock, incorporating Beatles-esque twists, crafting a modern...
View ArticleLa Rocca – The Truth Review
Website: La Rocca The Inside Pulse: Maybe I’m jaded. Maybe I expect too much from my rock. I want it to be groundbreaking. I want it to be different. I want it to mean something to me....
View ArticleNeil Young – Fillmore Track List and Archives News
In what appears to be the first confirmed Neil Young archive release of this decade, Live at the Fillmore East has a confirmed release date of November 7. Neil enthusiasts know that “Archive” rumors...
View ArticleJeremy Enigk — World Waits Review
Jeremy Enigk Official Site When Return of the Frog Queen came out in 1996, the future of Sunny Day Real Estate was uncertain. At the time, we were not to know that the band would release its...
View ArticleDJ Shadow – The Outsider Review
DJ Shadow – Official Site What is this? This is not Psyence Fiction. This is not Endtroducing. This is not audio collage. This is not an album that is enjoyable from start to finish. This is a hip-hop...
View ArticleIrving – Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers Review
Irving – Official Site Irving @ MySpace Irving’s second full-length, Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers, produced by Phil Ek, fuses singer/songwriter pop with psychedelia and new-wave nuances....
View ArticleThe Slip – Eisenhower Review
The Slip – Official Site The Slip @ MySpace “Children of December”, the lead-off track from The Slip’s Eisenhower, is an amazing jangle-pop slice of nostalgia, sung from the point of view of...
View ArticleOnce In A Blue Moon: Toby’s Take
What’s amazing today is how inundated we, as consumers, are with new media. Every month, I get a handful of free CDs. Of course I want to listen to them all, however, I only have so much time to...
View ArticleSonic Youth – The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities Review
Sonic Youth – Official Site Sonic Youth on MySpace What remains most interesting about Sonic Youth in 2007 is that they still exist and that there is still reason for them to exist....
View ArticlePJ Harvey – The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 Review
PJ Harvey – Official Site PJ Harvey on MySpace It is rare that a Peel Session, or a BBC Session collection for that matter, is more than just a collection of in-store performances. Some, like...
View ArticleWhen A Soundtrack Is Knowingly Unoriginal
The soundtrack to Garden State — its relative “merit”, its “relevance” — has been debated by music snobs since its release. On one hand, it’s hard to argue with the choice of songs; Paul Simon, The...
View ArticlePeter Bjorn and John – Writer’s Block Review
Peter Bjorn and John - Official Site, MySpace It has been over twenty years since the release of C86, the now legendary indie pop mix tape curated by NME and now referenced in most discussions...
View ArticleBlogregators 02: Eye in the Sky
OK. So I saw an ad the other weekend for a Time-Life series on Soft Rock. This was the stuff that filled up the flea markets back in the late 70s and the 80s. It was everywhere, and most of it was...
View ArticleBob Dylan – The Original Mono Recordings Review
Bob Dylan may be Sony Legacy’s golden goose. Remaster campaigns, the Bootleg Series and an artist who is still producing quality work as he nears his septuagenarian years: that’s pretty much the gold...
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