Always Too Late

Been promising this forever, but here are some quick reviews (75 Words or Less steez) of some of the CD's that people have been sending me over the last month or so. And yes, I'm aware I'm way late on some of these.

Annie / Anniemal: Love it, obvs. Surprisingly, this is a pretty solid album. Some quality songs even after you get past the singles. A bluestate fave. We all fight over which song we want to play.

Hot Hot Heat / Elevator: I loved Bandages but their schitck got old with me really quick. This album is solid and doesn't show signs of wearing out as quickly. Less yelpy than it's predecessor and that's a good thing.

Matisyahu / Live At Stubb's: Hasidic reggae. 'Nuff said. Much better than you think it would be. Someone over at Epic Records must agree, they signed him to a deal not long ago.

Maximo Park / A Certain Trigger: Riding a decent wave of hype from overseas. I wanted to like this record but if that's going to be the case, it'll have to grow on me. Some good tunes on here but lots of filler too. Just didn't grab me like I hoped it would.

Engineers / Self Titled: Wow, it's like Slowdive never left. Hazy dreampop goodness. This would be a great record to listen to at 4 AM, if I ever stayed up that late. Maybe Sunday morning instead?

Brazilian Girls / Self Titled: A Spanish version of Portishead, only they sing in French and other languages too. if I ever hosted dinner parties (not quite there yet thankyouverymuch) this is the type of shit I would put on the stereo. Starbucks needs to jump on this, they'd sell millions.

Fischerspooner / Odyssey: Not a fan at all but this record didn't suck. But I won't listen to it again. If you want my copy, email me at leafblowergives at gmail dot com and it's yours.

Diamond Nights / Once We Were Diamonds: I wanted to hate this but really can't. This is Coolfer's new favorite band. They should be paying Billy Idol royalties on The Girl's Attractive. If you like The Darkness, you'll dig this EP.

Coldplay / X & Y: Download Speed Of Sound, Talk and Square One and forget the rest. Pitchfork hates it too. Speaking of, the answer no one's been waiting for.

Boo!

More reasons to hate u2. Or Liam, depending on your POV.

Moz does not heart Tori Amos. And at this point, no one knows what the fuck happened with the Isle of Wight date.

I have no idea what's going on in this photo, but me likey. Checkout these glowing reviews on the SFA Reissues from Bitchfork.

How to appear in a hispter photoblog.

Lastly, but certainly not least, my 31st Birthday party, REVEALED!

Be there bitches.