2011 Album Reviews - 3/17/2012

White Denim - D - A+

Gotye - Making Mirrors - A+

2011 Album Reviews - 3/10/2012

Umphrey's McGee - Death By Stereo - A+

Unearth - Darkness In The Light - C+

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra - A

Urge Overkill - Rock & Roll Submarine - B

Vanessa Carlton - Rabbits On The Run - B

VNV Nation - Automatic - A+

Washed Out - Within And Without - A

We Were Promised Jetpacks - In The Pit Of The Stomach - A+

Katy B - On A Mission - A-

Kendrick Lamar - Section 80 - A+

Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica - B

Sepalcure - Sepalcure - B-

Widowspeak - Widowspeak - A+

William Shatner - Seeking Major Tom - A+

Black Francis - The Golem - A+

Cass McCombs - Humor Risk - A+

Common - The Dream, The Believer - A+

Cut Off Your Hands - Hollow - A+

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - It’s A Corporate World - A+

EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints - A+

Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones - A+

Paley and Francis - Paley & Francis - A+

Say Hi - Um, Uh Oh - A+

Sons And Daughters - Mirror Mirror - A+

Surfer Blood - Tarot Classics - A+

Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines - A+

The Belle Brigade - The Belle Brigade - A+

The Duke Spirit - Bruiser - A+

The Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High - A+

The Meat Puppets - Lollipop - A+

The Old 97's - Grand Theater Volume 2 - A+

Wye Oak - Civilian - A+

Zola Jesus - Conatus - A+

AWOLNation - Megalithic Symphony - A+

Admiral Fallow - Boots Met My Face - A+

2011 Album Reviews - 3/3/2012

Scattered Trees - Sympathy - A

Scott Weiland - The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - A-

Sixx A.M. - This Is Gonna Hurt - B

Sloan - The Double Cross - A+

Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers - Rare Bird Alert - A-

Susan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over Me - A+

Teddy Thompson - Bella - B

Tennis - Cape Dory - A+

The Bangles - Sweetheart Of The Sun - B+

The Cave Singers - No Witch - A+

The Pistol Annies - Hell On Heels - A+

The Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator - A+

The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow - A+

The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum - A+

The Dirtbombs - Party Store - A

The Field - Looping State Of Mind - B

The Head And The Heart - The Head And The Heart - A+

The Indigo Girls - Beauty Queen Sister - B

The Knux - Eraser - A+

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Am I The Enemy - C+

The Smithereens - 2011 - A

The Subways - Money And Celebrity - A+

The Summer Set - Everything's Fine - C

The Unthanks - Last - B

The Weeknd - House Of Balloons / Thursday - A+

Thompson Square - Thompson Square - A

Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972 - B

Times New Viking - Dancer Equired - A+

Wild Flag - Wild Flag - A+

Toro Y Moi - Underneath The Pine - A+

tUnE-yArDs - whokill - A+

2011 Album Reviews - 2/25/2012

Lauren Alaina - Wildflower - A+

LeAnn Rimes - Lady And Gentleman - A

Liturgy - Aesthethica - A

Luke Bryan - Tailgates And Tanlines - A

Madeleine Peyroux - Standing On The Rooftop - A

Male Bonding - Endless Now - A+

Mandisa - What If We Were Real - A

Marc Broussard - Marc Broussard - A+

Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx - A+

Martina McBride - Eleven - A+

Mat Kearney - Young Love - B

Merle Haggard - Working In Tennessee - A

Mike Doughty - Yes And Also Yes - A+

Montgomery Gentry - Rebels On The Run - B

Mr. Heavenly - Out Of Love - A+

Nick Lowe - The Old Magic - A+

Nils Lofgren - Old School - A+

O.A.R. - King - A+

Otep - Atavist - A+

Peter Gabriel - New Blood - A-

Roots Manuva - 4everevolution - A+

The Royal Bangs - Flux Outside - A+

Sara Evans - Stronger - A+

SBTRKT - SBTRKT - A

2011 Album Reviews - 2/18/2012

Eta James - The Dreamer - A

Family Force 5 - III - B

Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra - A

Fucked Up - David Comes To Life - A+

Fujiya And Miyagi - Ventriloquizzing - A+

Future Islands - On The Water - B

George Strait - Here For A Good Time - A

Glen Campbell - Ghost On The Canvas - A+

Gloria Estefan - Miss Little Havana - B+

Hawk Nelson - Crazy Love - C+

Holy Ghost - Holy Ghost - A+

Hot Tuna - Steady As She Goes - B+

Il Divo - Wicked Game - B

Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - Here We Rest - A

Jewel - The Merry Goes Roun - B

John Hiatt - Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns - A+

Lana Del Rey - Video Games EP - A+

The Fruit Bats - Tripper - B

Jonny Greenwood - Norwegian Wood OST - B

Jonsi - We Bought A Zoo OST - A+

Josh Gracin - Redemption - A+

Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place - A+

2011 Album Reviews - 2/11/2012

The Black Lips - Arabia Mountain - A+

Blake Shelton - Red River - B+

Boney James - Contact - A

Bootsy Collins - Tha Funk Capital Of The World - A+

Brad Paisley - This Is Country Music - B

The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still - A+

Big Talk - Big Talk - A+

Braid - Closer To Closed - A+

Brite Futures - Dark Past - A+

Buddy Miller - The Majestic Silver Strings - B

Buffalo Tom - Skins - A+

Cali Swag District - The Kickback - A+

Casting Crowns - Come To The Well - B

Chad VanGaalen - Diaper Island - A+

Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming - A-

Chris Isaak - Beyond The SUn - A+

Corinne Bailey Rae - The Love EP - A-

CSS - La Liberacion - A+

Curren$y - Weekend At Burnies - A+

Daryl Hall - Laughing Down Crying - B+

Daughty - Break The Spell - B-

Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong - A+

Deerhoof - Deerhoof Vs. Evil - B+

Diamond Rings - Special Affections - A+

DJ Shadow - The Less You Know, The Better - A+

Egypt Central - White Rabbit - C+

Electric Six - Heartbeats And Brainwaves - A+

Eric Church - Chief - A

2011 Album Reviews - 2/4/2012

Junius - Reports From The Threshold Of Death - A

Toby Keith - Clancy's Tavern - B

Vince Gill - Guitar Slinger - B

Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe - B-

Steel Panther - Balls Out - C

Tyrese - Open Invitation - C+

Mac Miller - Blue Slide Park - A+

Birdy - Birdy - A+

The Gym Class Heroes - The Papercut Chronicles - A+

Big Time Rush - Elevate - C

Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desantification - A-

Curren$y - Jet World Order - A

Doomtree - No Kings - A+

Hot Chelle Rae - Whatever - B-

Trey Songz - Inevitable - B

Robin Thicke - Love After War - B

The Maine - Pioneer - C+

T-Pain - Revolver - B

Anthony Hamilton - Back To Love - B+

Roscoe Dash - JUICE - A-

A.A. Bondy - Believers - A+

Young Jeezy - Hustlerz Ambition - A-

Atlas Sound - Parallax - A+

Aaron Lewis - Town Line - B

Active Child - You Are All I See - A+

Bill Callahan - Apocalypse - A+

2011 Album Reviews - 1/28/2012

The Horrible Crowes - Elsie - A

Jonathan Wilson - Gentle Spirit - B

Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain - B

Lady Antebellum - Own The Night - B-

Terri Clark - Roots And Wings - B

The Devil Wears Prada - Dead Throne - C

Wolves Like Us - Late Love - C+

Demi Lovato - Unbroken - B-

Thrice - Major-Minor - B+

Tony Bennett - Duets II - A+

Apparat - The Devil's Walk - A

Death In Vegas - Trans Love Energies - A

Frankmusik - Do It In The AM - A

J. Cole - Cole World The Sideline Story - A+

Needtobreathe - The Reckoning - A-

Oh, Sleeper - Children Of Fire - C

The Gift - Explode - A

Jason Derulo - Future History - B+

Machine Head - Unto The Locust - A+

Mayday Parade - Mayday Parade - B-

Modeselektor - Monkeytown - B

Rodney Atkins - Take A Back Road - A

Sebastian Bach - Kicking And Screaming - B-

Styles P - Mater Of Ceremonies - A+

Wayne Static - Pighammer - A+

Absu - Abzu - C

Wednesday 13 - Calling All Corpses - B-

Evile - Five Serpent's Teeth - A+

Joe - The Good The Bad The Sexy - B

Kitty, Daisy And Lewis - Smoking In Heaven - A+

65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway - A

Matt Cardle - Letters - C

Haken - Visions - A-

2011 Album Reviews - 1/21/2012

Theory Of A Deadman - The Truth Is - C

Thomas Dybdahl - Songs - B

3 Doors Down - Time Of My Life - C-

Chelsea Grin - My Damnation - C

Cold - Superfiction - A-

Wiley - 100% Publishing - A+

Falling In Reverse - The Drug In Me Is You - C

Iwrestledabearonce - Ruining It For Everybody - C

Jasta - Jasta - A+

Kelly Rowland - Here I Am - B

Little Dragon - Ritual Union - A+

Rival Sons - Pressure And Time - A+

Bury Your Dead - Mosh And Roll - C+

Dream On Dreamer - Heartbound - C

Drive A - The World In Shambles - A

Eyes Set To Kill - White Lotus - A-

Trivium - In waves - B

Maria Taylor - Overlook - A+

Nero - Welcome Reality - A+

Natalia Kills - Perfectionist - A+

New Villager - New Villager - A+

Will Young - Echoes - A+

Balam Acab - Wander - Wonder - B-

The Dirty Beaches - Badlands - B-

Glasses Malone - Beach Cruiser - A+

Asa - Beautiful Imperfection - A

Lindsey Buckingham - Seeds We Sow - B

Melanie C - The Sea - A

CANT - Dreams Come True - A

2011 Album Reviews - 1/14/2012

Iceage - New Brigade - A+

In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading - B+

LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking - B

Matt Nathanson - Modern Love - B

Simple Plan - Get Your Heart On! - C

The Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction - B

Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread - B

Burn Halo - Up From The Ashes - B-

Com Truise - Galactic Melt - B

David Cook - This Loud Morning - B-

Dolly Parton - Better Day - B

Selena Gomez And The Scene - When The Sun Goes Down - B

Set Your Goals - Burning At Both Ends - B-

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up - A+

Digitalism - I Love You, Dude - A+

Lloyd - King Of Hearts - B+

Sebastian - Total - B-

Alkaline Trio - Damnesia - B-

Chris Young - Neon - A+

Fair To Midland - Arrows And Anchors - B

2011 Album Reviews - 1/7/2012

King Creosote And Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine - B+

Motopony - Motopony - A

Kool G Rap - Riches Royalty And Respect - B

My Dying Bride - Evinta - C

Above And Beyond - Group Therapy - B

All Time Low - Dirty Work - C

Adelitas Way - Home School Valedictorian - C+

Andrea Corr - Lifelines - B

Journey - Eclipse - B-

Junior Boys - It's All True - A+

Owl City - All Things Bright And Beautiful - B

August Burns Red - Leveler - C+

FM Belfast - Don't Want To Sleep - A+

Grieves - Together Apart - A+

I Set My Friends On Fire - Astral Rejection - A+

2011 Album Reviews - 12/31/2011

Austra - Feel It Break - A+

Bon Iver - Bon Iver - A+

Face To Face - Laugh Now, Laugh Later - A+

Hank Williams III - Hillbilly Joker - B-

Killer Mike - Pl3dge - A+

New Boyz - Too Cool To Care - A+

Seether - Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray - B+

Amon Tobin - ISAM - B

Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez - A

David Bazan - Strange Negotiations - A+

2011 Album Reviews - 12/26/2011

The Pretty Reckless - Light Me Up - B-

Eliza Doolittle - Eliza Doolittle - A+

Plan B - The Defamation Of Strickland Banks - A+

Symfonia - In Paradisum - B+

Memphis May Fire - The Hollow - C+

Dredg - Chuckles And Mr. Squeezy - A+

Jennifer Lopez - Love - C+

Musiq Soulchild - MusiqInTheMagiq - B

Christina Perri - Lovestrong - A+

Jesu - Ascension - B

This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket - B

2011 Album Reviews - 12/17/2011

Yellowcard - When You're Through Thinking Say Yes - C+

Becoming The Archtype - Celestial Completion - B

Britney Spears - Femme Fatale - C

Cavalera Conspiracy - Blunt Force Trauma - B-

Roddy Woomble - The Impossible Song And Other Songs - A+

Ten After Two - Truth Is - C

The Haunted - Unseen - B-

We Are Defiance - Trust In Few - B-

Snoop Dogg And Wiz Khalifa - Mac And Devin Go To School Soundtrack - A+

Naughty By Nature - Anthem Inc. - A+

Whitesnake - Forevermore - B

Within Temptation - The Unforgiving - A+

Hollywood Undead - American Tragedy - C+

Agnes Obel - Philharmonics - A+

Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues - B

Letlive - Fake History - C

Mana - Drama y Luz - A

2011 Album Reviews - 12/10/2011

Stateless - Matilda - A+

Alexis Jordan - Alexis Jordan - B-

Dance Gavin Dance - Downtown Battle Mountain II - C

The Color Morale - My Devil In Your Eyes - C

Adebisi Shank - This Is A Second Album Of A Band Called - A+

Black Joe Lewis And The Honeybears - Scandalous - A+

Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now - A+

Miranda Cosgrove - High Maintenance - C

Oh Land - Oh Land - A+

Travis Barker - Give The Drummer Some - A+

Bobby V - Fly On The Wall - B

Chris Brown - FAME - B

The Black Keys - El Camino - A+

The Roots - Undun - A+

Amy Winehouse - Lioness - A+

Chevelle - Hats Off To The Bull - A+

Korn - The Path Of Totality - A+

Keren Ann - 101 - A

Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) - A+

Protest The Hero - Scurrilous - C

2011 Album Reviews - 12/4/2011

Rev Theory - Justice - B

Teena Marie - Icon - B

Ten - Stormwarning - B

Yuck - Yuck - A+

DevilDriver - Beast - B-

Earth - Angles Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I - B

John Waite - Rough And Tumble - B

Lauren Pritchard - Wasted In Jackson - A+

Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi - A

Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding - A+

The Muppets - Soundtrack - A+

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 - Soundtrack - A+

Rihanna - Talk That Talk - A+

James Durbin - Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster - A-

Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow - B

Mary J. Blige - My Life II: The Journey Continues - B+

Yelawolf - Radioactive - A+

Nickelback - Here And Now - D

Eisley - The Valley - A+

Forever The Sickest Kids - Forever The Sickest Kids - B-

Go Radio - Lucky Street - B-

Marsha Ambrosius - Late Nights And Early Mornings - A

2011 Album Reviews - 11/19/2011

Wale - Ambition - A+

Miranda Lambert - Four The Record - A+

They Might Be Giants - Album Raises New And Troubling Questions - B

Angels And Airwaves - Love Part II - A-

David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time - A

Pusha T - Fear Of God II - A

The Bees - Every Step's A Yes - A-

Steel Magnolia - Steel Magnolia - B+

The Script - Science And Faith - A

Monotonix - Not Yet - A+

A Skylit Drive - Identity On Fire - B-

Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness - A+

Childish Gambino - Camp - A+

Drake - Take Care - A+

Deicide - To Hell With God - C

Ginuwine - Elgin - B

2011 Album Reviews - 11/12/2011

Megadeth - Thirt3en - A+

Deer Tick - Divine Providence - A+

Jack's Mannequin - People And Things - B

James Morrison - The Awakening - B

Lights - Siberia - A+

Mayer Hawthorne - How You Do - A+

James Blake - Enough Thunder - A

My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind - A+

Patrick Stump - Soul Punk - B

Real Estate - Days - A+

Shelby Lynne - Revelation Road - B

Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising - A+

Kelly Clarkson - Stronger - A+

Russian Circles - Empros - A+

Thomas Dolby - A Map Of The Floating City - B

2011 Album Reviews - 11/5/2011

SuperHeavy - SuperHeavy - A+

The Andrew Jackson Jihad - Knife Man - A+

Blink 182 - Neighborhoods - B

Chickenfoot - III - B-

Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself - B

Matthew Sweet - Modern Art - A

Never Shout Never - Time Travel - B

Switchfoot - Vice Verses - B

New Found Glory - Radiosurgery - B

Seth MacFarlane - Music Is Better Than Words - B

Erasure - Tomorrows World - B+

Evanescence - Evanescence - B

Lou Reed And Metallica - Lulu - A

The Decemberists - Long Live The King - A+

Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials - A+

2011 Album Reviews - 10/28/2011

Das Racist - Relax - A+

Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events - A

Grouplove - Never Trust A Happy Song - A+

Ladytron - Gravity The Seducer - A+

Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know - A-

Mates Of State - Mountaintops - A+

Saves The Day - Daybreak - C+

St. Vincent - Strange Mercy - A+

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto - A+

The Dirty Projectors And Bjork - Mount Wittenberg Orca - A+

Tom Waits - Bad As Me - A+

Justice - Audio, Video, Disco - A-

She And Him - A Very She And Him Christmas - B

Staind - Staind - B-

Gavin DeGraw - Sweeter - B

Opeth - Heritage - B