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Jem “Down to Earth” <\/strong>– There’s a lot to like here, even though this doesn’t sound like your typical Jem album. Actually sounds more like a set of remixes, and the dance-y backgrounds are a great backdrop for her voice. Love “Crazy”, “Keep on Walking”, “I Always New”, “Forever and a Day”. And “It’s Amazing”<\/strong><\/a> has gone on every mix I’ve made over the past several months.<\/p>\n Matt White “Best Days” <\/strong>– I tried not to love this album. And then it became all I listened to for days on end<\/a>. Ah well. Particularly love “Moment of Weakness” and “Paradise”.<\/p>\n Ryan Adams & the Cardinals “Cardinology” <\/strong>– Doesn’t sound much like a Ryan Adams album to me but I really like it nonetheless. I love the folky swoons of “Natural Ghost”, such a romantic feel. And “Fix It” is another fave. (I could do without “Magick” however.)<\/p>\n Vancougar “Canadian Tuxedo”<\/strong> – I wish I could remember what made me check this out. I think it was a post on either Monitor Mix<\/a> or the Three Imaginary Girls blog <\/a>but I can’t seem to find it. They’re punk sassy girls (think the Go-Gos, before the industry prettied them up, and if they had already been musicians when they started), but every once in a while they throw in a total ’60s girlgroup vibe (listen to “Obvious”). Great album.<\/p>\n The Killers “Day & Age” <\/strong>– I never bought their second album so I hadn’t listened to these guys in a loooong time. I love the emphaticness here. It’s rocking. It’s all big and dramatic and overarching and it just sweeps me right along with it. Faves are “Spaceman” “This Is Your Life” and I love! the chorus on “The World We Live In”.<\/p>\n Favorite Singles (not on any of the above albums):<\/u> Other Albums I Liked:<\/u><\/p>\n Mixed Feelings<\/u><\/p>\n Not really for me \/ but maybe for you!:<\/u><\/p>\n The Kin “Rise and Fall” – Too arena rock\/cheeseball for me. Although I dig “Together” (until the chorus) and “See” and “Romeo” aren’t bad either. There are some (need I even say scary) religious lyrics on here though (“Abraham”) and you know how that makes me run for the hills.<\/p>\n Chad Van Gaalen “Soft Airplane” – I like some individual songs here (“TMNT Mask” and “Bare Feet on Wet Griptape” the chorus of which sounds like old Rolling Stones to me) but overall I find this album so stylistically scattered that I can’t figure out if I’m listening to an album or shuffle when it comes on. (And I really don’t like “Frozen Energon” at all. Ick.) Sometimes falsetto, sometimes not, arrangements all over the place. I’ve seen mentions of this album lots of places but I just can’t find my way into it.<\/p>\n Shamefully have either not listened to at all, or not all the way through, or so few times that I can’t legitimately offer an opinion:<\/u><\/p>\n Brendan Canning “Something for All of Us” – My general impression of this is a good one. But I really haven’t listened to it more than once or twice so far. The title track is nice, dark and dirty (like Joseph Arthur).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Absolutely Love & Adore: Jem “Down to Earth” – There’s a lot to like here, even though this doesn’t sound like your typical Jem album. Actually sounds more like a set of remixes, and the dance-y backgrounds are a great … Continue reading
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