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Conor Oberst

Conor Oberst | Merge
It’s just an Omaha boy playing some good old country pop — for once.

By: DAVID BOFFA | August 26, 2008

Why Do I Do This? | Comedy Central
The tirades he delivers here, always laced with self-depreciation, amount to a lovingly mean-spirited string of barbs aimed at racists, idiots, girlfriends, bikers, and well, just about everybody.

By: TED DROZDOWSKI | August 26, 2008

Lykke Li

Youth Novels | Atlantic
Lykke Li may be hotly tipped for Starbucks stereoplay, but she’s more “Konichiwa Bitches” than Keren Ann.

By: SAM UBL | August 26, 2008

David Byrne and Brian Eno

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | Self-Released
Everything That Happens is a brilliant addition to a creative partnership that has yielded so much and shouldn’t have taken 27 years to rekindle.

By: MICHAEL PATRICK BRADY | August 26, 2008

Scott Walker

’Til The Band Comes In | Water
This is one of the classic artistic-breakdown albums, as revelatory as the Beach Boys’ Wild Honey or the Beatles’ Let it Be .

By: GUSTAVO TURNER | August 26, 2008

King Syze

Jedi Mind Tricks Presents: Labor Union | Babygrande
The Philly rhyme giant proves his worth with calculated lyrics that simultaneously touch topics and talk trash.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | August 26, 2008

Perhapst

Perhapst | In Music We Trust
To say he’s not a leading-man type is an understatement.

By: SAM UBL | August 19, 2008

Refuse Resist

Mind: Yourself | Rodent Popsicle
With almost every song making its point and ending in well under three minutes, Mind: Yourself isn’t out to waste anyone’s time.

By: BARRY THOMPSON | August 19, 2008

Death Vessel

Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us | Sub Pop
My only criticism of Death Vessel’s second LP is their trouble with slow songs. Otherwise, it's an astonishing forward leap for this Brooklyn-based folk group.

By: RICHARD BECK | August 19, 2008

Black Affair

Pleasure Pressure Point | V2
Mason’s off-kilter lyrics and psychedelic sense of melody overpower the thrift-store Gary Numan and Depeche pastiches and the trite S&M vibe.

By: GUSTAVO TURNER | August 19, 2008

Jeff Hanson

Madam Owl | Kill Rock Stars
Hanson has augmented the sparse, acoustic folk of his previous albums with a backdrop of strings and horns, thus giving these songs greater depth and body.

By: MICHAEL PATRICK BRADY | August 19, 2008

Three 6 Mafia

Last 2 Walk | Sony
Last 2 Walk is a club-banging record, but it’s hard to recommend something so by-the-book.

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | August 19, 2008

Zach Hill

Astrological Straits | Ipecac
On his first solo release, he indulges in an unrestrained torrent of challenging yet tuneful rock.

By: MICHAEL PATRICK BRADY | August 12, 2008

Poni Hoax

Images of Sigrid | Tigersushi
Poni Hoax are, it’s clear, out to crash the increasingly humdrum post-disco party (just with better supplies), so it’s only fair that you crash theirs.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | August 12, 2008

The Faint

Fasciinatiion | Blank.wav
It’s as if I were at a party where they’re endlessly playing “Dead or Alive” while some guy next to me mumbles nonsense in my ear and some kid in the corner hits random keys on a Juno.

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | August 12, 2008

Randy Newman

Harps + Angels | Nonesuch
As welcome as it is to have Newman’s acerbic wit back, it remains a singular pleasure to listen to a simple, devastating ballad like “Losing You.”

By: ZETH LUNDY | August 12, 2008

Lindtsrøm

Where You Go I Go Too | Smalltown Supersound
As the first non-shitty half-hour-long song of the millennium, the title track and centerpiece marks a milestone of sorts.

By: SAM UBL | August 12, 2008

Aaron Parks

Invisible Cinema | Blue Note
He likes the shape of pop tunes, their dynamics, their unfolding dramas. He names Radiohead as an influence.

By: JON GARELICK | August 12, 2008

V/A(1)

I Like It Like That: Fania Remixed | Fania

By: GUSTAVO TURNER | August 04, 2008

Izza Kizza

Kizzaland | Souldiggaz/Atmos
Kizzaland’s main draw? It’s Kizza’s elastic snake-charmer flow.

By: SAM UBL | August 04, 2008

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