Everything Under The Sun (Jukebox the Ghost, 2010)
(September 7, 2010)
Review:
The follow-up to their outstanding debut (Let Live and Let Ghosts), Everything Under the Sun is a catchy, quirky, and dynamic set of piano rock tracks that strongly establish Jukebox the Ghost as a band able to not only write great songs but also assemble clever, meaningful studio albums.
Top Two Tracks:
“Empire” & “The Popular Thing”
Write About Love (Belle and Sebastian, 2010)
(October 11, 2010)
Review:
Belle and Sebastian have certainly made their niche in the middle ground between indie pop quirkiness and sixties quasi-nostalgia — and no one should dispute that they make beautiful music on Write About Love — but too much of it simply fails to get off the ground.
Top Two Tracks:
“Come On Sister” & “I Can See Your Future”
(October 5, 2010)
As I Call You Down (Fistful of Mercy, 2010)
Review:
Unexpectedly soulful, As I Call You Down is the standout acoustic release of the year; together, these three singer/songwriters (Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper, Joseph Arthur) have created some beautiful harmonies and thus developed their own unique sound, borrowing here and there from the Thorns’ playbook (and hopefully picking up the torch that the Thorns dropped after one release back in 2003).
Top Two Tracks:
“Father’s Son” & “Fistful of Mercy”
Keane's "Hopes and Fears" (2004)
By Chris Moore:
(May 10, 2004)
Review:
Any album that deals its catchiest songs before track three begins is an album that’s bound to disappoint; it’s not so much that these songs are bad — they’re quite good, actually — it’s just that they threaten to put the listener to sleep after a while.
Top Two Tracks:
“Somewhere Only We Know” & “This is the Last Time”