Interpol - Interpol
Interpol’s new album – their fourth – is called, simply, Interpol. They claim that this is the album that they’ve wanted to make from the very beginning, because now they are proficient enough with their instruments to capture specific musical ideas. Unfortunately, the Interpol that created this album no longer exists.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a comic book movie about rock-n-roll, video games and falling in love. It’s frenetic and absurd, funny, sweet and fun, it claims to be “an epic of epic epicness” and you will most likely either love it or hate it.
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Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The Suburbs is the third album from the most popular and important band to come out of the Canadian indie rock scene, Arcade Fire. (Their closest competitor would be Broken Social Scene, but I don’t think the bands are all that close.) As we know, “popular” doesn’t always indicate any level of quality, but when it’s paired with “important” that’s usually a good sign.
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Alexx Calise - In Avanti
In Avanti is the second solo album from singer-songwriter Alexx Calise and Alexx herself forwarded us a copy of the album to review. Her music has elements of pop, rock, angst, electronica and heartbreak, but the prominent feature is definitely rock. Alexx is originally from Florida, but she has relocated to Los Angeles to (presumably) focus more directly on her music career.
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MGMT - Congratulations
The Brooklyn duo, MGMT, started playing music together in college (the rumor is they were never trying to start a band) then quickly scored a spot on tour supporting Of Montreal and a deal with Columbia Records.
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Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Paramore’s previous album, Riot!, was filled with addictively catchy songs and an energy that made the name choice more than appropriate. Their sound is quite as bit more subdued on third album, Brand New Eyes, which is almost easy-listening by comparison. This discrepancy poses at least one important question.
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Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
The Arctic Monkeys are kind of a big deal. Their first two albums have sold over a million copies each…and that’s only counting the sales in Canada (Gold/Gold), Australia (Platinum/Gold) and the UK (4X Platinum/2X Platinum).
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Julian Plenti Is… Skyscraper
Is… Skyscraper is the first album from Julian Plenti, but, technically, it’s not Julian Plenti’s first album. This is because Julian Plenti is a pseudonym of Paul Banks, the lead singer from Interpol.
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Sarah Blasko - As Day Follows Night
As Day Follows Night is the third full-length album from Australian singer-songwriter, Sarah Blasko. Her last album, What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have, won an ARIA Award for “Best Pop Release” in 2007. The ARIA Awards are the Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards and Sarah Blasko has been nominated seven times since she released her debut EP in 2002.
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Spinnerette - Spinnerette
If you know the Distillers then you’re familiar with their former frontwoman, Brody Dalle. If not, that’s okay, because her new band Spinnerette will make an even better impression. For this project she’s replaced the “whiskey and cigarettes” punk rawness with a more melodic singing style and the likelihood that this music will be heard outside of a dive bar has gone way up.
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