‘Album Reviews’ Articles

Movement – 2008 After seeing Rootz Underground perform at a KEXP event in the Austin City Limits studio at KLRU during SXSW last year, a non-reggae devoted friend of ours was so taken by the band’s performance that he immediately downloaded Movement. Having sat through many a reggae album at our house, he kept telling [Continue]

Seeing Sounds – 2008 At last year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival, N.E.R.D. put on an unforgettable, high energy show playing songs off the then just-released Seeing Sounds – actually quite a difficult task when you’re performing at the hottest time of the day, facing right into the sun, for a massive crowd of already [Continue]

For Emma, Forever Ago – 2008 I had heard quite a bit about this album before I finally was able to purchase it a few months ago. Positive reviews had me excited that For Emma, Forever Ago was the type of album I could really get into. When I actually did listen to it, I [Continue]

Sonidos Gold – 2008 I’ll readily admit that I have a love/hate relationship with music of the Latin genre. Growing up in a Mexican family, listening to Latin music also meant that you were a young kid bored out of your mind, sitting in a dank VFW hall watching the worst Tejano bands imaginable play [Continue]

Seeing Things – 2008 When I was in high school, I was a huge fan of the Wallflowers album Bringing Down the Horse. I listened to it constantly, but even though it was one of my favorites, I never bought any other Wallflowers albums. First of all, I didn’t have enough money to invest in [Continue]

Thunder, Lightning, Strike – 2004 It’s always fun to start off a Monday morning with an upbeat and exciting album to prepare yourself for the drudgery ahead, and it doesn’t get much more upbeat then the electro-madness of The Go! Team. Thunder, Lightning, Strike plays out like a TV soundtrack from the early 80s. If [Continue]

So, I’m a crazy planner and blogging is no exception. If you’re going to do something, do it right! Here’s an outline of my plan for this blog. Features: What I’m listening to this weekEach week I will review up to 6 albums. Again, my reviews aren’t going to be typical and I’m not going [Continue]