2001 and 2013 me are both very excited!

Incredibly surprised by this review.  It may not hit as high of highs as some of the moments on other quieter efforts like NMSWP & Boatman's Call, but it has a cohesion that potentially no other album in his catalog can claim.  I like that it's essentially a piano album with very little actual piano and the stark…

Pretty good track.  I did not expect two prominent bands in indiedom, Divine Fits and Dum Dum Girls, to be covering the Boys Next Door in 2012.

I thought it should have went to Fiona in a more just world.  I'm okay with Bjork and hobo-laureate Tom Waits not winning, but I loved me some Idler Wheel.  The Kimbra record is considerably more impressive than than Gotye's, and I speak from an informed position because I have a girlfriend, and have thus heard those…

Flaming Lips will pull off the Stone Roses covers as long as Wayne Coyne can find in himself the ability to sing terribly off-key. 

"He was part of two hugely important groups, and he indicates throughout that he’s aware of that."

It is VERY SURPRISING that the same community that gives shit to Doug Benson for having a thin skin regarding disparaging comments about his show is the same one defensive about their Simpsons quotes. 

It is VERY SURPRISING that the same community that gives shit to Doug Benson for having a thin skin regarding disparaging comments about his show is the same one defensive about their Simpsons quotes. 

Almost ever latter-day New Order song has some variant of "hey you, what you doing?" as its lyrics though.

As much as it pains me to say it, I like "Rock the Shack".

I like how Revenge went bad so Hooky went back to the blueprint sound that worked, which included making sure to get an exact Sumner sound-alike.  The second album is really forgettable, other than the lead-off track "I've Got a Feeling" which is a genuinely good jangly number.

I dunno.  I'm kinda thinking "Shake It Up" is the most embarrassing thing in the New Order catalog not named "Jetstream".

I still like the 80s output best, but I love Republic (and would rank it ahead of Movement).  I know people did/don't like the more polished sound and the reliance on drum and piano loops, but the songs are still there for me.  I don't understand how people can possibly dismiss everything except Regret on it when it…

That self-titled album is one of my favorite albums of the 90's, not a bad track on it and Some Distant Memory is as gorgeous as anything Sumner ever wrote.  The other couple albums aren't bad either.  Never understood why people even argue over what side project is best,  Electronic dwarfed anything Hook and The…

Those comments deserved it, I thought he might be making them up.  It was like everyone was channeling an NPR humor program like WWDTM because the topic of conversation was Ira Glass.

We're An American Band
The Story of Yo La Tango
Blue Line Swinger
Our Way To Fall
I Heard You Looking

Based on initial impressions, I'm thinking this is their best work since at least Summer Sun, if not And Then Nothing.  There's no Mr. Tough, nor a somewhat aimless back-half like Popular Songs had.  Really love the string sections on "Is That Enough" and "Before We Run".

Based on my experience, you don't have to worry about any hippies.  16 year-old hipsters doing lines of coke off Frisbees on the other hand…

Based on my experience, you don't have to worry about any hippies.  16 year-old hipsters doing lines of coke off Frisbees on the other hand…

Gotta disagree with The Best Show being in the rest this week. It was easily one of my favorite eps of the year, even though I was a little worried Gary the Squirrel might be put out to pasture.