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Consumer Guide (February 2010) New Consumer
Guide for February 2010. Featured albums:
- The Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca (Domino) [B+]
- Fruit Bats: The Ruminant Band (Sub Pop) [A-]
- Group Bombino: Guitars From Agadez Vol. 2 (Sublime Frequencies) [A-]
- Paul Kelly: Greatest Hits: Songs From the South; Volumes 1 & 2 (Capitol) [B+]
- Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard: Em Are I (Rough Trade) [A-]
- The Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to Come (4AD) [A-]
- Rail Band: Rail Band 2: Mansa (Belle Epoque) [A-]
- Rail Band: Rail Band 3: Dioba (Belle Epoque) [B+]
- Peter Stampfel: Dook of the Beatniks (Piety Street Files & Archaic) [A-]
- The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love (Capitol) [C]
Honorable Mentions: Vieux Farka Touré, The Very Best, Jill
Sobule, Group Doueh, Tinariwen, Willowz, Dr. Boogie Presents Heavy
Jelly, Freedy Johnston, Tea Cozies, The Very Best [mixtape], The Red
Krayola With Art & Language, Ghana Special, Chuck Prophet,
Rosanne Cash, La Drivers Union Por Por Group, Thao With the Get Down
Stay Down, Bibio
Choice Cuts: Menya, Bruce Robison, Julian Casablancas, Norah
Jones, Kris Kristofferson
More Duds: Andrew Bird, The Boxer Rebellion, Dan Deacon,
Deradoorian, Jolie Holland, Noah and the Whale, A Sunny Day in
Glasgow
[posted by Webmaster on 2010-02-01] Rock & Roll &: Resuscitations and Business Plans
New Rock&Roll& column at Barnes & Noble Review,
wrapping up 2009.
[posted by Webmaster on 2010-01-12] Consumer Guide (January 2010) New Consumer
Guide for January 2010. Featured albums:
- The Chemical Brothers: Brotherhood (Limited Edition) (Virgin) [A-]
- Death Cab for Cutie: The Open Door (Atlantic, EP) [A-]
- Ghostface Killah: Fish N Chips (Mick Boogie Entertainment) [B+]
- Ghostface Killah: Ghostdini Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City (Def Jam) [A-]
- God Help the Girl: God Help the Girl (Matador) [A-]
- Richard Hell: Destiny Street Repaired (Insound.com) [A-]
- A Place to Bury Strangers: Exploding Head (Mute) [A-]
- Shakira: She Wolf (Epic) [A-]
- Q-Tip: Kamaal the Abstract (Battery) [B-]
Honorable Mentions: Amerie, Mi Loco Tango, God Help the
Girl, Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project, Soulico; Regenerated
Headpiece, Wyclef Jean, Khingz, Massive Attack, Themselves, M.O.P.,
John Mayer, Rihanna, Jamie T, Themselves, Clipse, A Place to Bury
Strangers; Brother Ali, Rakim, Q-Tip, KRS-One & Buckshot, Grand
Puba, Big Star, Third Eye Blind
Choice Cuts: John Fogerty, Wale, Ian Hunter, Ghostface
Killah
More Duds: Mariah Carey, Chester French, 50 Cent, M.O.P.,
Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Subtle, Swollen Members, Rob Thomas
[posted by Webmaster on 2009-12-31] Rolling Stone Decade Ballot Robert Christgau's
ballot for Rolling Stone's
The Decade's Best Songs & Albums.
[posted by Webmaster on 2009-12-23] Rock & Roll &: Not So Misterioso
New Rock&Roll& column at Barnes & Noble Review,
on Thelonious Monk, Not So Misterioso.
[posted by Webmaster on 2009-12-13] Consumer Guide (December 2009) New Consumer
Guide for December 2009. Featured albums:
- Mulatu Astatke: New York-Addis-London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 (Strut) [A-]
- Eva & the Heartmaker: Let's Keep This Up Forever (Sony) [B+]
- Girls: Album (True Panther/Fantasy Trashcan) [A-]
- Veda Hille: This Riot Life (Ape House) [A-]
- Nirvana: Live at Reading (DGC) [A]
- Jay Reatard: Watch Me Fall (Matador) [A-]
- The Rough Guide to Gypsy Revival (World Music Network) [B+]
- Tegan and Sara: Sainthood (Vapor/Sire) [A-]
- tUnE-yArDs: BiRd-BrAiNs (4AD) [A]
- The xx: The xx (XL/Young Turks) [A]
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: God & Guns (RoadRunner/Loud & Proud) [C+]
Honorable Mentions: Kottarashky, Gogol Bordello, Joe
Nichols, NOFX, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, BalkanBeats: A Night in
Berlin, The Raveonettes, The Black Crowes, Scream Along With
Billy, Talk Normal, Sam Baker, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, The Ettes, A Hawk
and a Hacksaw, Vivian Girls, Tommy T
Choice Cuts: Tim McGraw, Asylum Street Spankers, Musafir,
Toby Keith, Kitka, Taylor Swift
More Duds: Ingrid Michaelson, Noisettes, Karen O and the
Kids, Susana and the Magical Orchestra, Wavves, Wye Oak
[posted by Webmaster on 2009-12-02] Rock & Roll &: Paisley's Progress
New Rock&Roll& column at Barnes & Noble Review,
on Brad Paisley, American Saturday Night.
[posted by Webmaster on 2009-11-09] Consumer Guide (November 2009) New Consumer
Guide for November 2009. Featured albums:
- The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You (American) [A-]
- Franco: Francophonic Vol. 2 (Sterns Africa) [A+]
- Nellie McKay: Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day (Verve) [A]
- Modest Mouse: No One's First, and You're Next (Epic) [A-]
- Jemina Pearl: Break It Up (Universal Motown) [B+]
- Various artists: The Rough Guide to Tango Revival (World Music Network) [A-]
- Loudon Wainwright III: High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (161) [A]
- White Denim: Fits (Downtown) [A-]
- Arctic Monkeys: Humbug (Domino) [B]
Honorable Mentions: Kid Sister, No Age, Telekinesis, Amira
Sagati, Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of
Joy, Bygones, Basement Jaxx, Richmond Fontaine, Think Global:
Tango, The Backsliders, The Donnas, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Lightning
Bolt, Blitzen Trapper, La Roux, The Rough Guide to Tango, The
Pica Beats, Mission of Burma, Loudon Wainwright III, Monsters of Folk,
The Avett Brothers, Future of the Left, Paramore, Phoenix
Choice Cuts: White Denim, The Slits, Anjulie, Lightning
Bolt
More Duds: The Avett Brothers, Franz Ferdinand, Tango
Around the World, Telepathe, Martha Wainwright, Wild Beasts
[posted by Webmaster on 2009-11-02] Rock & Roll &: A Classic Illustrated
New Rock&Roll& column at Barnes & Noble Review,
reviewing R. Crumb, The Book of Genesis Illustrated.
[posted by Webmaster on 2009-10-16] NPR: Nellie McKay's Love Letter to Doris Day
NPR music review:
Nellie McKay's Love Letter to Doris Day.
[posted by Webmaster on 2009-10-09] Consumer Guide (October 2009) New Consumer
Guide for October 2009. Featured albums:
- The Black Eyed Peas: The E.N.D. (Interscope) [A]
- Goran Bregovic: Alkohol (Wrasse) [A-]
- Jay-Z: The Blueprint 3 (Roc Nation) [A-]
- Miranda Lambert: Revolution (Columbia) [A-]
- Various artists: Now That's What I Call Party Hits! (Capitol) [A-]
- Various artists: The Rough Guide to Merengue Dance (World Music Network) [A-]
- Seprewa Kasa: Seprewa Kasa (Riverboat) [B+]
- Serengeti: Conversations With Kenny & The Legacy of Lee (Goldenfloyd) [B+]
- They Might Be Giants: Here Come the 123s (Disney Sound) [A-]
- Ginuwine: A Man's Thoughts (Asylum) [C]
Honorable Mentions: Raekwon, Geoff Muldaur and the Texas
Sheiks, Major Lazer, They Might Be Giants, Son de Madera, Wonderlick;
Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Grant Peeples, Sila & the Afrofunk
Experience, Speech Debelle, Living Colour, Yo La Tengo, Chris Smither;
Grant Langston, Chrisette Michele, The Rough Guide to the Afrobeat
Revolution, Cage, Nickodemus, Michael Hurley, Slavic Soul Party,
Maxwell, Tanya Morgan.
Choice Cuts: Wonderlick, Jamie Foxx, DJ Quik & Kurupt,
They Might Be Giants, Balkan Beat Box, Robert Earl Keen.
More Duds: Chris Cornell, Ledisi, LeToya, Ziggy Marley,
Bobby V.
[posted by Webmaster on 2009-10-01] Update Notes Update today adds the last four months of Consumer Guides to the
database. Note also that the external world has been treating us
rudely: Barnes and Noble Review did a redesign that broke all of
their existing links; MSN's recent Consumer Guide redesign more
or less did the same thing; NPR changed their search page. Those
at least are the ones I know about.
[posted by Webmaster on 2009-09-14] For More Information
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