Category: Album Reviews

Album Review: Temples – Sun Structures

        Temples   Sun Structures   Heavenly Recordings, February 10 2014           Reviewed by Jon Howard If you had tried to tell me a few years ago that psychedelic rock was about to make a massive comeback, I probably would have laughed and told you to keep dreaming. …

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Staff List: Our Top Albums of 2013

Jon Howard’s Top 10 Albums of 2013   1. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories After eight long years without a studio album (not counting the arguably perfect live/remix album Alive 2007 or the Tron Legacy soundtrack), Daft Punk made a triumphant return this year with Random Access Memories. The duo eschewed house styling in …

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Album Review: Drake – Nothing Was the Same

        Drake   Nothing Was the Same   OVO Sound, Republic Records, September 24 2013         Reviewed by Ben Simpson There is a large collection of artists that don’t think Aubrey Drake Graham deserves the recognition he has received. Common referred to him as “soft”. DMX, Li’l Kim, and …

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Album Review: MGMT – MGMT

        MGMT   MGMT (self-titled)   Columbia, September 17 2013         Reviewed by Jon Howard After taking the radio by storm in early 2008 with their inarguably catchy synthpop singles “Time to Pretend”, “Electric Feel”, and “Kids”, MGMT faced a tough decision.  Should they produce more radio-friendly synthpop and …

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Album Review: Arctic Monkeys – AM

        Arctic Monkeys   AM   Domino, September 10 2013           Reviewed by Jon Howard With four number one albums in the United Kingdom and a rapidly growing fanbase across the pond here in the United States, Arctic Monkeys are under more pressure than ever to continue delivering …

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