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»Album Reviews For Release Date: 12.07.11
by Joshua Krage
Black Keys produced by Danger Mouse with more of a Brothers sound. ’Nuff said. But there’s more too:
Ole Ask
Anton Barbeau
The Black Keys, El Camino – it’s best-of-both-worlds time, people. The Black Keys’ last album, Brothers, was a soulful, self-produced slice of stripped-back rhythm & blues-infused rock [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 10.11.11
by Joshua Krage
Ryan Adams – Ashes and Fire
Lauren Alaina
Scott H Biram
Andrew Bird – Norman OST
Bjork – Biophilia – listening to this album, I’m reminded of the world of Frank Herbert’s Dune, where society evolved to the point of rebelling against machines and progressing past them, incorporating technology into a new [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 10.04.11
by Joshua Krage
DJ Shadow – The Less You Know
Erasure
Feist – Metals – Feist recordings are to other music what a homegrown, hand-prepared organic meal is to fast food– everything is richer, more vivid, prepared with exceptional skill and attention to detail. Leslie Feist has taken her sweet time with [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 09.06.11
by Joshua Krage
Less wordage this week, mostly because next week is… well, it’s huge. I won’t get into it. But this week has some bright spots. Here they are:
AM / Shawn Lee, Celestial Electric – everything Shawn Lee touches turns to multi-instrumental gold and this collaboration with melodic LA singer/songwriter [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 08.02.11
by Joshua Krage
Not a lot I feel like writing about this week, but a couple decent surprises, especially the voice on that kid who stole Gaga’s piano’d “Paparazzi” song. Read on…
Trace Adkins
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs deluxe ed
Archers of Loaf
Rick Braun
Richard Buckner
Butcherettes
Greyson Chance, Hold On ‘Til the Night – the [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 02.15.11
by Joshua Krage
Damn this week is fulfilling. Lots of shoegaze stuff of all shapes and sizes, some new Shawn Lee funk, Bright Eyes picking up the electric guitar the right way, and even a bunch of elephants making music. Great stuff.
Asobi Seksu, Flourescence – Mostly gone is the sound which [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 10.26.10 – 11.02.10
by Joshua Krage
If you didn’t know, my day job is TV news & programming. This is election season. Thus, these last 2 weeks are truncated into this one post and not reviewed much on account of all time evaporating into the vast, shady world of politics and [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 10.05.10
by Joshua Krage
I’m still on vacay, bitches, but I love new music too much to put it down for a week. This is a shorter week, and the Christmas/holiday releases are starting in full force. Get your fill, find your thrill, drop your bills and take your pills, this batch [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 09.28.10
by Joshua Krage
The last week of September is traditionally packed with random releases while record companies far and wide purge their fringe rosters in preparation for big holiday-time launches from major artists and Christmas albums. So this week’s list is rather large, but surprisingly lacking in big news. Plenty of [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 09.21.10
by Joshua Krage
Having a real job is hard work, don’t let anyone mislead you otherwise. Thankfully I have many rewarding diversions to help me unwind after my “paying” job gets too stressful. Here’s my take on this week’s diversions:
Marc Antoine
Natacha Atlas
Zac Brown Band
Paula Cole
Matt Costa
Billy Currington
Michael Franti
Selena Gomez
Randy [...]