Reviews by meemesker

Reminds me of a Mexican Squeeze or XTC.

If Bill Callahan was annoyingly clever, it would sound something like this.

I was with it until "Beautiful," then I lost all hope of making it through the rest.

In my wheelhouse for sure, but I'll take Built To Spill for this sort of thing.

They got the post punk thing down.

Spanish jangle pop. I'll take it. Sounds a little ahead it's time actually. Indie before indie.

I think I enjoy this more than their debut. 3.5 up to 4.

Was into this at first, but it mostly turned into Zeppelin worship as it went on.

I don't believe you.

Man, this brings me back to junior high.

An even better choice of Sufjan album for the list than the officially selected "Illinois."

Chock full of hits. The Pepsi to Springsteen's Coke?

Kinda blown away by this guy's range of talents. A dazzling postmodern hybrid that evokes a wide range of influences.

A mishmash of genres drenched in layers of irony. Undoubtedly a unique blend, but it comes across like the sonic equivalent of a novelty mountain dew flavor. Won't be part of my regular rotation, but I have no doubt they will be included in future editions of the book. My favorite track was "One Million Dollars," which was more sample based. If the whole album was more of a collage like that, I'd be on board. But when they sing it just kind of makes me wince, especially when auto-tuned - regardless of whether that was an ironic aesthetic choice or not.

These guys sound like the link between Blur and more modern groups like Squid, except they have this tendency to keep lapsing into this almost Coldplay like emotional stuff that prevents me from fully embracing it. Quite enjoy the more propulsive rhythm driven tracks though.

When you want something in between Tom Waits and Nine Inch Nails.

Probably would've made a better final album with Pink Floyd than the "The Final Cut," which was more of a personal thing for Roger Waters anyway.

British enough I wouldn't be surprised if it made it into future editions of the book.

These guys are like Blur's little nephews.

Someone's from Cincinnati and it shows. 4 stars for a 4-way bean at Clifton and Ludlow. Here's a quarter, get me a York peppermint patty to finish it off.