Friday, March 27, 2009

March Album Review Roundup.. and this Term's Top Albums

Green means A2 and above.
Blue means changed grading from original.
Italics is a fail.

If you want a quick search on a single artist who's released an album over the month, Ctrl + F. One thing to mention, I don't listen to jazz or classical. So albums of those genres will be rarely reviewed.

1 Mar

Ultre - The Nest and the Skull A1

3 Mar

U2 - No Line on the Horizon - A2
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone - A1
Bela Fleck - Throw Down Your Heart: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions - B4
Jesse Harris - Watching the Sky - C6
Marissa Nadler - Little Hells - C6
Jeremy Riddle - The Now and Not Yet - D7
Seth Walker - Leap of Faith - B4
Say Hi - Oohs & Aahs - C5

3 Mar

The Boy Least Likely To - The Law of the Playground

6 Mar

Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted To - C5

9 Mar

Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country - C5
AGF / Delay - Symptoms - C5

10 Mar

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! - B4
The Answer - Everyday Demons - B3
Rocco DeLuca & The Burden - Mercy - B4
Taylor Hicks - The Distance - C6
Corbin Bleu - Speed of Light - F9
Ari Hest - Twelve Mondays - B3
Ballas Hough Band - BHB - E8
Bo Burnham - Bo Burnham - B4
Brother Ali - The Truth is Here - B3
John Wesley Harding - Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead - B3
Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day - A1
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen - A2
Mstrkrft - Fist of God - B3
Mirah - (A)spera - B3
The Mole - Greatest Hits (Ha Ha Ha), Vol. 1 - EP - B4

10 Mar

Elvis Perkins in Dearland - (self titled) - A2
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - (self titled) - A1
Gui Boratto - Take My Breath Away - A2
Bishop Allen - Grrr... - B3
The Love Language - (self titled) - B3
Extra Golden - Thank You Very Quickly - B3
DM Stith - Heavy Ghost - C5
Boy in Static - Candy Cigarette - B3
Zombie Nation - Zombielicious - B3
Handsome Furs - Face Control - A2

16 Mar

Peter Doherty - Grace / Wastelands - B4


17 Mar

John Rich - Son of a Preacher Man - C5
Forgive Durden - Razia's Shadow: A Musical - A1


23 Mar

Royksopp - Junior - B4
1990s - Kicks - A2
Meanderthals - Desire Lines - B4

24 Mar

DOOM - Born Like This - B3
Papa Roach - Metamorphosis - D7
Mastodon - Crack the Skye - B4
Blue October - Approaching Normal - D7
Indigo Girls - Poseidon & the Bitter Bug - B4
Wynton Marsalis - He and She - A2
Eric Church - Carolina - C5
Mexican Institute of Sound - Soy Sauce - A2
Utada - This is the One - F9
Alice Peacock - Love Remains - C5
The Vines - Melodia - B4
Mxpx - On the Cover II - C5
Falling Up - Fangs! - B4
Mandisa - Freedom - E8
Obits - I Blame You - A1
Hannah Montana: The Movie - (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - E8
Dan Deacon - Bromst - A1
Harlem Snakes - Technicolor Health - B3
O+S - (self titled) - B3
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles - The Stars are Out - C6
Winter Gloves - About a Girl - A2
Ida Maria - Fortress 'round My Heart - A2
Pet Shop Boys - Love Etc. - EP - C5

31 Mar

The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules - A2

And the current Dean's List entrees on the lowdown:

1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - A1 - 94
2. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone - A1 - 87
3. Ultre - The Nest and the Skull A1 - 83
4. Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - (self titled) - A1 - 81
5. Dan Deacon - Bromst - A1 - 79
6. Forgive Durden - Razia's Shadow: A Musical - A1 - 78
7. Obits - I Blame You - A1 - 76
8. Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day - A1 - 75

9. His Orchestra - Field Guide to the Wilds - A2 - 74.5
10. Winter Gloves - About a Girl - A2 - 74
10. Wynton Marsalis - He and She - A2 - 74
10. Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen - A2 - 74
10. Dorian Concept - When Planets Explode - A2 - 74
14. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - A2 - 73
14. Mexican Institute of Sound - Soy Sauce - A2 - 73
14. Ida Maria - Fortress 'round My Heart - A2 - 72
14. Handsome Furs - Face Control - A2 - 72
18. U2 - No Line on the Horizon - A2 - 71
18. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules - A2 - 71
18. 1990s - Kicks - A2 - 71
21. Elvis Perkins in Dearland - (self titled) - A2 - 70
21. Gui Boratto - Take My Breath Away - A2 - 70
21. Benjy Ferree - Come Back to the Five and Dime, Bobby Dee Bobby Dee - A2 - 70