The newly-reformed Guided By Voices are back with their second post-comeback album this year. Check out our review of “Class Clown Spots a UFO.”
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Spin Cycle: Jimmy Fallon, Blow Your Pants Off
Late night host and musical comedian Jimmy Fallon’s second record, Blow Your Pants Off, collects memorable musical moments from his show. Check out our review to see how many laughs you’ll get from it.
Spin Cycle: Regina Spektor’s What We Saw From the Cheap Seats
Russian-born and Bronx-bred singer/songwriter Regina Spektor is back with What We Saw From the Cheap Seats, her sixth collection of idiosyncratic pop nuggets.
Spin Cycle: Best Coast’s The Only Place
California duo Best Coast are back with another collection of sun-kissed beach pop. Check out our review of “The Only Place.”
Spin Cycle: Killer Mike’s R.A.P. Music
ATL’s own Killer Mike is back with “R.A.P. Music”, the emcee’s full-length collaboration with El-P. Check out our review!
Spin Cycle: Tenacious D’s Rize of the Fenix
Jack Black and Kyle Gass are back with another collection of songs; on “Rize of the Fenix”, Tenacious D subvert their jokey expectations by delivering a pretty rockin’ record.
Spin Cycle: Jim’s Big Ego’s Stay
Boston folk-funk act Jim’s Big Ego is back with another set of witty, tuneful, and eloquent tunes in “Stay.” Check out our review!
Spin Cycle: B.o.B’s “Strange Clouds”
Rapper, singer, and multi-instrumentalist B.o.B returns with “Strange Clouds”, the stormy follow-up to his hit-spawning “The Adventures of Bobby Ray”. Check out our review!
Spin Cycle: Train’s “California 37”
“California 37” is the latest album by Train, and Popblerd’s managed to sneak into the future to uncover the damage Train will cause.
Spin Cycle: M. Ward’s “A Wasteland Companion”
Indie folkie and one half of She & Him M. Ward is back with “A Wasteland Companion”, his first solo record since 2009’s “Hold Time”. It’s a winner.
Spin Cycle: Florence + the Machine’s “MTV Unplugged”
Florence + the Machine are, in theory at least, pretty ideal candidates for an installment of MTV Unplugged. Listening to the official CD releases of these shows, artists like Neil Young hew fairly close to their on-record sound (rendering the discs rather inessential), while artists like Alice in Chains and Jay-Z were forced to operate slightly left of their centers, lending an appealing air of excitement to the corresponding discs. Florence Welch is a naturally gifted singer – always a […]