Music Reviews tagged with 2009
Califone All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
Califone returns with yet another solid set of interesting folk-rock songs.
Andrew Baer enjoys himself well enough...Modest Mouse No One's First, And You're Next
Modest Mouse releases odds and ends from the recording sessions of their last two albums — Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007).
Michael Skinnider reviews...Six Organs of Admittance RTZ
Those of us who aren’t already familiar with the wealth of Six Organs of Admittance rarities collected on RTZ and are getting limited mileage out of Chasny’s recent exercises in finely honed border-psych will find that these patient, meditative, sky-minded nocturnes are just what the witch-doctor ordered.
Tom Whalen returns to zero...Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective's ninth full length album, had aura to burn long before most of us heard it. Can we revel in its myriad treasures without stumbling over the pre-release hubub? Can we weigh its merit in words without quaking in the shadow of its imminent acclaim?
Tom Whalen wonders what we talk about when we talk about Animal Collective...
