Music Reviews #2

Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Show Your Bones
This is a pretty good follow up. I was worried their sophomore slump might be as bas as the strokes' -- a "different" sound where "different" means "the same." Show Your Bones is more poppy and accessible than their last, which for once seems like a good thing. I'd get the whole album.














The M's- Future Women
This album sounds like a Beatles cover band expanding the oeuvre. It's good, not great. Only get: Plan of the Man, Trucker Speed














Wilderness- Wilderness
Boring. Really really boring. I think this is suppose to be political, which is really nice. I encourage that. But no one is ever going to give a shit about politics with music like this.














Mylo- Destroy Rock and Roll
Well this has been name dropped to me three times already so it must be good. Right, right? I really like Daft Punk. I don't really like knock offs. Only get: In My Arms, Musclecar Reform Reprise, Drop the Pressure














Liars- Drum's Not Dead
The liars progression away from coherent songs into disjointed noise rock band is almost complete. Pitchfork really liked this album, further proving if you release something blatantly arty and inaccessible, pitchfork will like you. A lot.














Arctic Monkey- Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Again with the name dropping and hype. As per the album title, "I say your a really good band whose first album wasn't complete crap."













Cloud Cult- advice from the happy hippo
This is a terrific and sad album. Cloud Cult, however, has the unfortunate problem of sounding like every other indie pop band to follow the Flaming Lips. It's a bit Arcade Fire, BBS, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Microphones and so on. Joyous, yet serious, this album however has the depth to overcome the familiar sound.














Gary Numan- The Pleasure Principle
Best known for the song "Cars," Numan's first album follows pretty closely to that song. It's a good listen, especially to get an impression of where synth pop started. It's also fun to discover Basement Jaxx's "Where's Your Head At" contains a sped up sample of the song "M.E."