A Day To Remember – For Those Who Have Heart
Damn, this is bad!! Surprisingly bad. I can’t even express how bad this is, so I’ll just show you
Here is a video of them performing at The Jesus Place in Oklahoma City!!!
0/10
The Affair – Yes Yes To You
This girl’s voice is unbearable. And I think she’s got a bit of a lisp to add to the ridiculousness. She’s got a song called “Andy” that I can dedicate to my brother, it’s all about he and I falling in love!!! How exciting. The lyrics are really bad, so it makes it that much better. “this is your chance for romance” she says, you heard her Andy. Come and get it.
The Affair – Andy
2/10
Animal Collective – People EP
This band sucks so fucking bad that I refuse to even listen to this shit.
0/10
Architect – All Is Not Lost
Metal as fuck. But not very good
2/10
The Bird and The Bee – The Bird and The Bee
I don’t like these types of bands. Electro-pop, electro-poopy. Catchy music with tons of cheesy electronics, as well as a pretty little girl with a tiny little voice. It makes me feel a little fruity to be listening to stuff like this, especially when a couple of songs strike my fancy!! The horror!!!!
The Bird and The Bee – Again and Again
The Bird and The Bee – I’m A Broken Heart
The Bird and The Bee – Preparedness
3/10
The Bloody Hollies – Who To Trust, Who To Kill, Who To Love
The Bloody Hollies are another rock-revival garage band. I get really sick of all those bands, they just seem insincere to me. You know how they do, they’re so FULL of attitude. But it’s just a LITTLE too much. It just ain’t right. But fortunately for me, these guys don’t have that feeling, at least not to the extent of some bands I’ve heard. I think they’re truly into what they’re doing, and they do it pretty well on top of that. This album isn’t the greatest thing around, but if you like plain ol’ rock n roll, you’ll like these guys. Also, the louder you play it, the better it sounds. Heed my words…
Plus, I like a band that can play like this in front of one of the smallest and shittiest crowds ever.
The Bloody Hollies – Mona
The Bloody Hollies – Satanic Satellite
The Bloody Hollies – Hurry Hurry Hurry
7/10
Camera Obscura – If Looks Could Kill Single
These ladies are responsible for one of my favorite songs of ’06, “Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken.” Great song, but their album just didn’t cut it. People, don’t release your albums until you have enough good songs to fill an album. If you can write a song like “Lloyd,” you can write some more decent ditties. The two unreleased songs that appear on this single are shitty. I was going to post the video to “Lloyd” but it’s way too fucking weird. Look it up if you like.
1/10
Rob Crow – Living Well
This dude is in all kinds of bands. Most notably, he is in Pinback, Optiganally Yours, and Goblin Cock. But this is his 4th solo release. I’m not really familiar with any of his music, so I don’t know if his bands sound like he does on his own. His solo stuff is pretty mellow, and I imagine that his bands are all a little more hard-rockin. Anyhow, this album isn’t all that great. He’s definitely got his own thing going on, I just don’t happen to like it all that much. This is the kind of music that will only draw certain types of people to it, and I’m not really sure what type of person that would be. I’ll post a video of the best song on the album, the only song that I liked. This video is a weird little thing.
Rob Crow – I Hate You Rob Crow
2/10
Deerhoof – Friend Opportunity
Deerhoof is just annoying. Anyone who says they enjoy their music, ditch em’ because they have just proven that they are lying bastards. This band could be good if they wanted to be, but they’re busy proving how weird and original they are. Who fucking cares? Just write good songs and you’ll be alright. Shit on this.
1/10
Julie Doiron – Woke Myself Up
Julie Doiron used to be in a band out of Canada called Eric’s Trip that broke up in 1996. This is a solo album, but it was recorded with all of the members of her old band. I guess she just has more name recognition at this point. Either way, this is not a good record, so it makes no difference who recorded this boring shit. I do kinda like one song though, here’s the video for it. The rest of the album is nothing like this song, so if you like this ditty, don’t bother wasting your time on giving the whole damn thing a chance. If you insist, the next best song is “I Don’t Wanna Be Liked By You,” but it can’t compare
Julie Doiron – No More
2/10
The Fratellis – Costello Music
Cutesy fucking tunes. I hate it!!! Ignore it forever.
0/10
Freya – Lift The Curse
This band isn’t bad, it’s just not my thing. Freya is made up of most of the members of hardcore band Earth Crisis. True hardcore fans will love this, and they cover “War Pigs” on this album. So that’s cool, even if they do butcher the hell out of it.
3/10
Fujiya and Miyagi – Transparent Things
A whole bunch of suck. Run away….
The Good, The Bad, and The Queen – The Good, The Bad, and The Queen
I’ve been excited about this one for a while. I heard the first single “Herculean” a couple months ago, since then I have been waiting on this to come out. I could have listened to it ages ago, but I like to wait until the release date, I have a routine to keep up with people. Anyhow, if you don’t know…. This band is built around Damon Albar from Blur, kinda like Gorillaz is built around him, but this time around his bandmates are Paul Simonin (former Clash bassist), Simon Tong (former guitarist/keyboardist for The Verve), and Tony Allen (former Fela Kuti drummer). So it’s quite a line-up. The album didn’t turn out to be anything like I expected it to though. i figured it would sound a bit like his Gorillaz albums. It’s entirely different. It’s more mellow and not as diverse as Gorillaz. It’s a little bit too mellow. It never does speed up. It’s still good, it just wouldn’t hurt em to lively it up a bit. Have a listen.
The Good, The Bad, and The Queen – Herculean
The Good, The Bad, and The Queen – The Good, The Bad, and The Queen
The Good, The Bad, and The Queen – 80’s Life
6/10
Kristin Hersh – Learn To Sing Like A Star
She might want to learn herself before she starts to teach us.
0/10
LSD and The Search For God – LSD and The Search For God EP
I don’t know what to make of this. They’re called LSD and the Search For God and this album was released by Mind Expansion Records. To be so into all of that shit, you’d think they’d make an interesting album, at least. Nope. Not even close.
2/10
Macromantics – Moments In Movement
An indie-rapping Australian girl named Romy Hoffman AKA Macromantics. Kind of a weird mixture. She started out playing in Ben Lee’s band Noise Addict, every one of them in their teens. Now she’s rapping, and she’s not all that good at it without the help of her friends. The only tracks that stick out just happen to be collaborations with Sage Francis and Ground Components. Actually, she’s not that bad of a rapper, I just don’t like her.
Macromantics Featuring Ground Components – Dark Side of Dallas
Macromantics Featuring Sage Francis – Locksmith
3/10
The New Trust – Dark Is The Path That Lies Before Us
Gay
1/10
Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
This guy could start a good band if he wanted to. He’s able to write good songs, but he’d rather put shitty keyboards and a drum machine on his tunes. Why would someone want to cheapen their songs like that. I’ll never understand it.
3/10
Only Crime – Virulence
Another all-star punk band. This one features Russ Rankin from Good Riddance, Bill Stevenson of Black Flag/All/Descendents fame, Aaron Dalbec from Bane, and Zach and Doni Blair from Hagfish. Zach Blair was also in GWAR, and I fucking love GWAR!!! Ok, all that’s out of the way. Now I’ll let you know if they’re worth a shit…. Nope
2/10
Piebald – Accidental Gentleman
I love Piebald, and I was expecting this album to not be very good. Their last album was ok, and I just figured they had begun their spiral downward towards being a shitty has-been band. Thankfully, I was wrong. They’re back to the formula that made me love them in the first place, and they’re doing it better than ever. The album has it’s low points though, like when they cover The Kinks’ “Strangers,” some songs should not be messed with. Ben Weasel tried his hand at the same song a few years ago. And sad to say, Ben Weasel did it better. Though neither do it well. Ok, here are some songs.
Piebald – A Friend of Mine
Piebald – Shark Attack
Piebald – Bonus Song
7/10
The Shins – Wincing The Night Away
Good tunes from the “it” band. This album is pretty damn good from start to finish.
The Shins – Phantom Limb
The Shins – Turn On Me
The Shins – Sleeping Lessons
7/10
The Smithereens – Meet The Smithereens!
This one came out last week, at least I think it did. If you’ll notice, as I’m reviewing all these shitty albums, I sometimes get hold of them before or after their actual release dates. So if I’m reviewing something that didn’t come out the week that I say it did, just ignore me. Ok, this album here is just a recording of the classic Beatles album Meet The Beatles, done by The Smithereens. I don’t really see what the point is, they don’t add any of their own flair to the songs, they don’t actually change anything. Who’s idea was this? So yeah, they’re good songs, but I think I’d rather hear The Beatles doing them.
2/10
Snoop Dogg – Unreleased Heat Rocks
This was advertised as Snoop’s official myspace album. I don’t know what that’s supposed to mean, but It’s got 14 unreleased tracks by Snoop and all of his pals, and that’s ok with me. Even though the production is pretty shabby most of the time, this album still manages to catch your ear a couple of times. Especially when Flavor Flav pops up on “Looking For A Bad Bitch”. The song kicks ass. He’s still the number 1 hype man around, despite his loss of nearly all of his credibility. And there’s an unintentional funny moment on the album too, “Love Don’t Live Here” is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Listen to it, you’ll have a fit.
Snoop Dogg Featuring Nate Dogg and Jeezy – Wanna Bz
Snoop Dogg – Love Don’t Live Here
Snoop Dogg Featuring Flavor Flav – Looking For A Bad Bitch
5/10
David Vandervelde – Moonstation House Band
Glam is back!!! But It’s just a rip-off. Poor guy tries so hard to be T. Rex. Nobody can fuck with Marc Bolan, especially someone named Vandervelde.
1/10
