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»Album Reviews: Recap 2010
by Joshua Krage
So as you may have surmised, the Album Review department pretty much took the month of January off, part for vacation, part for the traditional post-Xmas lack of music news. Don’t think, however, that we haven’t been keeping an eye on the store — we’ve still got plenty of that new [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 1215.09-01.10
by Joshua Krage
OK I’ll admit it: I’m ready for a vacation. For some reason, even with all the familial warmth, excess foodage and generally convivial sense of joy in the air, the holidays just suck the energy out of me. Luckily, they suck the names off the new release roster [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 12.08.09
by Joshua Krage
Still rather lean but at least this week has enough releases in it to warrant writing something. Stay tuned for a year-end recap later in the month (week?), but for now enjoy most of the rest of what 2009’s new music has to offer:
30 Seconds to Mars, This [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 12.01.09
by Joshua Krage
Loooots of latin releases this week, so si te gusta tu musica en español, ieste es la semana ultima! However if you don’t, you’re pretty much out of luck, as the biggest competition is R. Kelly and The Bravery squaring off against… Alvin & the Chipmunks. My advice [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 11.24.09
by Joshua Krage
It happened earlier than usual this year: all the indie record labels have evidently packed it up for the holidays and scampered out of the way of the onslaught of major-label cash-grab stocking stuffer fare. An American Idol icon, a Disney soundtrack, a group of well-marketed priests, and [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 11.17.09
by Joshua Krage
As I have stated in weeks past, new releases in general usually taper off into the holidays, but not before a few last big name pushes from all the major labels to get you into stores to buy their product. This week is ample evidence of that — [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 11.10.09
by Joshua Krage
This week is evidently the week to release the live footage/tracks from that show you did in London that one time. And if you didn’t play a show in London, just throw together a Best Of from your latest set of albums. Don’t have a latest set of [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 11.03.09
by Joshua Krage, with Glee review by Sereyna Avila
I love it when a plan comes together, especially when it’s a plan that usually fails. Side projects, holiday albums, new LPs from long-running bands — these are a few of my most-dreaded things, but this week finds these things coming up [...]

You could almost call Strict Joy, the new LP from the Swell Season, an album out of time, dwelling in steep ’70s soul while sounding thoroughly modern in production and songcraft.

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 10.27.09
by Joshua Krage
It’s time for candy and costumes, but the only thing scary about this week’s new music is how good some of these albums are, and I’m not saying that for the (candy-)corny joke’s sake. That new Swell Season album is jaw-dropping, the new Tegan and Sara redeems their [...]