No Hope Kids – Wavvees – Imagine if you took a ledge hammer and banged Brian Wilson on the heads and his brain blood leaked out all over his fuzzbox. That’s Wavves. Is it great? You betcha.
Atabat – Omar Souleyman Band – By the numbers Arab pop (not even classical) via Damascus… and instead of going to see it at Summerstage I fell asleep watching the most pathetic sport known to man. I never liked football -I swear. I played rugby in school and could never get on the cricket team. But football? Fucking hooligans. Lessee -from irq to Egypt over to Ghana. We could do it, right? RIGHT??? Or am I overeacting.
So Bored – Wavves – It all sounds the same but in a good way.
Wedding Day In Funeralvile – Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band – Steals the show from a lot of people who shoulda been having more fun.
Sleepwalkers – The Hundred In The Hands – Kinda echoey and pleasant, like your hearing it underwater, it gurgles in your ears.
Recovery – Eminem – The album. There is too much of the fucking thing… I feel like I’m listening to a summer blockbuster… it’s like all the time now… everything is too damn big, too many tracks, too overloaded. You know, it’s really pretty good. I just wish it was less.
Only An Expert – Laurie Anderson – Ho fucking hum. Seven minutes of sing speak.