Archives for the ‘Music Reviews’ Category
Le Loup – The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millenium General Assembly
By localretard • Feb 4th, 2009 • Category: Folk, Music ReviewsFor a moment just look past the ridiculously long album title…now I ask you have you ever felt like your missing something? I have, but Le Loup has finally been able to somehow fill that void. This album was placed on “Best of ‘07″ lists by a multitude of websites, and I can’t say it doesn’t deserve [...]
Andrew Bird – Noble Beast (Deluxe Edition)
By localretard • Jan 26th, 2009 • Category: Folk, Music ReviewsAndrew Bird, the whistling master, is back with a brand new album. I’ll start blunt…not much change here. If you’ve heard…any…Andrew Bird album, then you have heard this album. Now that’s out of the way and we can start with the good. Well I’ve always been a fan of Andrew Bird. (Surprised?! I know…) This [...]
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
By localretard • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Featured Review, IndieI’ve only recently gotten into Animal Collective, so I decided to try out their newest album and start backwards. Merriweather Post Pavilion is a good LP, simply because it catches your attention very quickly. I can see this album being on MANY top ten lists.
Harvey Milk – Life…The Best Game In Town
By localretard • Jan 14th, 2009 • Category: MetalThe only people I’ve met who have heard this band, are the hardcore fans. You’ve either heard this band or you haven’t. Harvey Milk hails from Athens, GA…the spawning grounds for many popular artists like R.E.M. and the B-52’s. With the history of Athens behind them you think that a band who has been around [...]
Tortoise – TNT
By localretard • Jan 13th, 2009 • Category: Post-RockTortoise, in my opinion, is one of the most influential post-rock bands to be around today. Hailing from Chicago, they gained notoriety with their ‘96 release “Millions Now Living Will Never Die”. That release took over the post-rock scene making many people’s top year-end lists. Their latest actual release “It’s All Around You” is just [...]
Bon Iver – Blood Bank
By localretard • Dec 16th, 2008 • Category: FolkBon Iver’s debut LP “For Emma, Forever Ago” was, simply stated, fantastic. Justin Vernon’s voice was a rich melody of passion, mix that with the soft guitar and the album created a atmosphere so surreal you almost felt like you were in the cabin with Vernon during the making of the album.
“Blood Bank”, although an [...]
The Acorn – Glory Hope Mountain
By localretard • Nov 29th, 2008 • Category: FolkThe Acorn manages to mix Folk with Indie in a way that still manages to surprise me with each listen. While “Glory Hope Mountain” may not be a perfect album, I definitely hold it as one of the best releases of 2007. “Glory Hope Mountain” is The Acorn’s proper first LP release, but is [...]

