Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Gatsbys American Dream - Gatsbys American Dream (2006)

Gotta use who you can…

You All Everybody
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
Badd Beat
My Name Is Ozymandias
Margaritas and Cock
Station 5: The Pearl
Shadow of the Colossus
Filthy Beasts
Looks Like The Real Thing
Me and Ed Loyce
The White Mountains

Typically, the eponymous debut is the music industry standard. If [...]

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Friday, August 11, 2006

Amusement Parks on Fire - Out of the Angeles (2006)

Out of the basement, into the stereo

Out Of The Angeles
Star Is Born
At Last The Night
In Flight
To The Shade
So Mote It Be
Blackout
Await Lightning
No Lite No Sound
Cut To Future Shock

Their name is one that simultaneously conjures feelings of joy and sadness, but the ride doesn’t stop there. [...]

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Thursday, August 3, 2006

Paris, Texas - Like You Like An Arsonist (2004)

Light up!

Bombs Away!
Action Fans Help Us
Like You Like An Arsonist
Rebel Radio
White Eyes
Your Death
Strike My Heart
One Hot Coma
Hip Replacement
Better Off For Being Worse
Gemini

“Like You Like An Arsonist” is like a Hollywood drama, full of one liners surrounded by explosions. Lines like the chorus of “One Hot [...]

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The Static Age - Neon Nights, Electric Lives (2005)

Lovesick dirges with great arrangements

Vertigo
Amphibian
Armory
Ghosts
Saltsick
It Never Seems To Last
Canopy
Airplanes
Pakistan

How can a record so gothic have an album cover so white and pink? The music inside is liquid depression. Seven lovesick dirges anchored with a dripping, chorused bass guitar, synth string sections and a singer that at least [...]

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