7.5
I haven’t done an albumoftheweek post since 2010 happened (remember that? Crazy), and i certainly have never highlighted a mixtape in this category. But, as B.o.B. observes, this is ‘two thousand and when,’ and times are changing.
B.o.B. (Bobby Ray, Bob, aka, whatever) named the mixtape after the release date of his upcoming Atlantic debut, The [...]

8
Damn.
Volcano Choir’s Unmap is more a listening experience than a pop record. Justin Vernon and Collections of Colonies of Bees’ odd and unexpected collaboration comes at the height of Bon Iver’s success (shortly before the band announced an indefinite hiatus), and is a complete change of direction from the melodic, acoustic ballads of his previous [...]

9.5
To think that there would be any circumstances in which something this good would not be released on purpose should be enough to convince you to lose all hope in major record labels (if you haven’t already). While it hasn’t been specified why EMI is blocking the release of Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse’s Dark Night [...]

6.5
Before I delve into my Relapse review, I figure it only logical to (finally) bang this one out first. To make a long story short; Asleep in the Bread Aisle is not as good as it should have been, but it’s not as bad as it could have been. Not that I’m making excuses for [...]

8.5
If Bat For Lashes’ debut album, Fur & Gold, was just a warm up, then Two Suns has shattered all expectations in an absurd and near offensive manner. This is the kind of record that requires full and undivided attention. It requires you log out of Twitter, walk away from the Macbook, and simply indulge [...]

9
Last week, not only did I not elaborate enough on how amazing the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs record is, but I gave it a rating of 8 out of 10 which I would now like to formally change to 9 out of 10. Not only is It’s Blitz the type of album that is clearly [...]

8
Thank goodness for this record. Yeah Yeah Yeahs are so consistent and so talented that I don’t even know how to finish this thought. Since 2003’s Fever to Tell, the New York City rockers have been releasing music on an escalating scale of beautiful and spastic punk rock awesomness that does more for the genre [...]

5.333333333
I wanted to steer clear of verbose negative reviews so not to have the obnoxious snobbery of certain music publications that will remain un-named (but linked). However, when compared to the blind admiration given by other music publications that will also remain un-named (but also linked), I suppose me meeting sort-of in the middle (yet [...]

7.5
While it seems pretty easy for Perez Hilton to hate Lily Allen, I find it nearly impossible not to love her to pieces. What’s not to love, really? Her songs are unbelievably catchy, she’s cute as a button, and even when she says “shit” and “fuck,” it’s adorable. On her sophomore album, It’s Not Me, [...]

7.5
I wanted to write about this album weeks ago, so “Albumoftheweek” here is used very figuratively. The Death of Adam, 88 Keys’ debut full length, is one of the few hip hop concept albums that’s actually a concept album. Charles Misodi Njapa, the acclaimed hip hop producer from Long Island with a serious Ralph Lauren [...]