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26.07.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Are haikus getting old? Is there another form of poetry you would like to see music reviews in? Comment away.

Live At The Aragon – Mastodon
Crack The Skye in its
entirety, plus other
concert favourites

Fomo – Liam Finn
Displaying usual
consistent quality with
added “spaciness”

Ukulele Songs – Eddie Vedder
Pearl Jam front man jumps
on bandwagon. What have you
wrought, uke orchestra?!?

The Dark Side Of The Moon – The Flaming Lips & Stardeath And White Dwarfs
Pink Floyd opus by
way of Wayne Coyne’s musical
circus plus Peaches

Smoking In Heaven – Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
As a child of the
nineties, musical siblings
recall Hanson bros

Habits – Neon Trees
American alt-
rock band from Provo, Utah.
Good ole wiki, eh?
Librarian's Choice, Music, New, Synthesiser Patel
The Haiku Machine
19.05.11 | Permalink | Comment?

Give the drummer some - Travis Barker
Claims made of “no one
genre” are false. I know nu-
metal all too well.

Hurley – Weezer
Michael Cera guests,
to play the hurdy gurdy.
- Source, good ‘ole wiki.

Body Talk pt. 1 – Robyn
Now is as good a
time as any to link to
Librarians choice

Body Talk pt. 2 – Robyn
Of course we also
recommend this, the second
installment highly.

Upside Down: The Best Of – The Jesus & Mary Chain
Scarlett Johansson’s
first backing band’s previous
career chronicled.

Attack & Release – The Black Keys
Ably assisted
by a man dressed as a mouse
who provides keyboards.

Euphoric Heartbreak – Glasvegas
Contradictory
band names deserve album names
to suit I suppose.

Clubbers Guide 2011 – Ministry Of Sound
Back cover uses
type that causes Bs to look
exactly like Ds
Music, New, Synthesiser Patel
The Music That Has Most Recently Arrived
19.04.11 | Permalink | Comment?

The Best Of – Nelly Furtado
Has she now – like a
bird – flown away? Or is this
a stop-gap album?

Queen – Queen
How many dudes do
you know that rocked a mic stand
like this? Not many.

Awesome As F**k – Green Day
Apparently their
live shows are more awesome than
most everything.

London Sessions – LCD Soundsystem
I will miss you James
Murphy. Like, a whole lot. Is
this really goodbye?

Angles – The Strokes
Former coolest band
in world returns from lengthy
hiatus to rock

Femme Fatale – Britney Spears
Nico reference
excepting, it’s not really
that avant at all.

The King Of Limbs - Radiohead
All summaries pale
compared to animated
.gifs, see example.

Wonders Of The Younger – Plain White Ts
Essential wardrobe
items release another
album. Their sixth.

Seasons Of The Soul – Rumer
“I’d have these moods in
my soul that would come around
like seasons” – Rumer

No More Idols – Chase & Status
Polished dubstep from
United Kingdom duo, plus
many, many guests.

Build A Rocket Boys! – Elbow
Well received alt-rock
featuring nostalgia as
the major motif.

F.A.M.E. – Chris Brown
Forgiveness rhythm
and blues record? Fans are my
(his) everything.
Music, New, Synthesiser Patel
Mo Music, Mo Poems
06.04.11 | Permalink | Comment?

Ritual - White Lies
Grandiosity
fills every second of
available songs

The Drums – The Drums
Heir apparents to
eighties indie empire start
out pleasingly strong.

No Boys Allowed – Keri Hilson
She only wants men.
I think that was the main
takeaway at least.

Aha Shake Heartbreak – Kings Of Leon
Before they cut their
hair and shaved their beards, the songs
were much, much better?

Youth & Young Manhood – Kings Of Leon
Does this make them the
music version of Samson?
Yes, actually.

Lasers – Lupe Fiasco
Light amplifica-
tion by stimulated e-
mission of photons.

Burlesque – Soundtrack
Christina Aguil-
era sings most of the songs
but Cher chips two in.

Tarot Card Rock – Barnaby Weir
Vaguely predicting
people’s futures through the rock
and roll medium.
Music, New, Synthesiser Patel
Twelve Poems About Twelve Albums
24.03.11 | Permalink | Comment?

Get ‘Em Girls – Jessica Mauboy
What is “‘em”? And why
should girls “get” it? Answers are
on track number one.

Glee: The Music, Volume Four
Three of these songs are
Britney Spears covers. Rejoice,
fake Britney lovers!

Glee: The Music, Volume Five
Similar to the
above entry, but with Biebs
instead of the Brits.

The Sing-Off: The Best Of Season Two
I think this is like
American Idol, but
acappella-y.

The Preview - Chiddy Bang
Two dudes making rap
but with “alt” samples preview
upcoming album.

Who You Are – Jessie. J
Spikily lipped Brit
does the Lady Gaga thing,
only with black hair

The Lady Killer – Cee Lo Green
Despite swearing at
them, it is still possible
to make ladies swoon.

Goodby Lullaby – Avril Lavigne
Still in and out of
love, but with sk8er men, no
longer sk8er bois.

Never Say Never: The Remixes – Justin Bieber
Biebs re-imagined.
Biebs re-upped. Biebs re-loaded.
Biebs re-volutions.

Future Is Now – Cornerstone Roots
Future is never
actually now. Now is
always the present.

Pefect Flaws – Black River Drive
Flaws are defined as
imperfections. Another
title is debunked.

EPIC - Various Artists
Iggy Pop, Pixies,
Groove Armada, Basement Jaxx,
Nick Cave, Korn, Tricky.
Music, New, Synthesiser Patel
Songs And Songs And Songs And Songs
03.03.11 | Permalink | Comment?

Strike – The Baseballs
Favourite modern
pop songs covered by three dudes
with big pompadours

Beat The Devils Tattoo – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Dirty, dirty rock
and roll from garage rocking
traditionalists

Fearless – Jazmine Sullivan
Fearlessly sequined,
purple tinged rhythm and blues,
slash hip hop, slash pop.

The Rocky Horror Glee Show
Exactly as it
says on the cover. No more
description needed.

Tron Legacy – Daft Punk
Did you see Tron? This
is how it sounded. Minus
dialogue of course.

Teen Dream – Beach House
Everyone who went
to Laneways liked these guys quite
a lot. So they said.

Rocked 10 – Various Artists
The hottest new rock
songs of two thousand and ten
all on one CD.
Music, New, Synthesiser Patel
Latest Sounds
17.02.11 | Permalink | Comment?

Clubbers Guide, Spring 2010
If you are aware
of Ministry of Sound you
know what to expect

Free Wired – Far East Movement
Does electro-hop
sound like something you would be
interested in?

The Beginning (deluxe edition) – The Black Eyed Peas
The hologram man
includes some of the end with
the beginning

There Is A Hell Believe Me I’ve Seen It, There Is A Heaven Let’s Keep It A Secret – Bring Me The Horizon
When Death Metal and
Emo collide, it seems that
long titles result

Sigh No More – Mumford & Sons
Neatly attired folk
singers nominated for
Grammy with this one

Science & Faith – The Script
Celtic soul trio
get their Maroon 5 on with
the soft rock numbers

Aotearoa Dubsteb Allstarz
Optimus Gryme has
collected New Zealand’s
finest dubsteppers
Music, New, Synthesiser Patel
For Your Listening Pleasure
02.02.11 | Permalink | Comment?

Greatest Hits… So Far! – Pink
Not finished making
hits, compiles previous ten
years worth anyway

The Remix - Lady Gaga
A more apt title
would be “The Remixes” as
there are quite a few

Altiyan Childs- Altiyan Childs
X-Factor winner
sings other peoples songs for
his debut effort.

Get Him To The Greek – Infant Sorrow
Russell Brand’s fake band
scores a soundtrack for the film
Get Him To The Greek

Live vol.1 – The Black Seeds
A Teen Blog writer
is thanked in the liner notes,
we are connected

Fragile Thing EP – Tono and the Finance Company
Literate folk-pop
compositions housed inside
excellent cover

Best Mozart 100 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I cannot believe
they left off Horn Concerto
number 8! Crazy!

Greatest Hits – Frederic Chopin
Long overdue best
of for nineteenth century
piano legend
Books, Grimm
Title Twins: Something, something, and something longer
22.12.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Doing the new books post the other day made me think of these two similar titles:

Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots, Abby McDonald – a story about balancing idealism with realism (read the new books post for a slightly less brief summary), described by the Publisher Weekly review as a “fun summer read.” Good thing it’s summer.

Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film About The Grapes of Wrath, Steve Goldman – sort of like complete ridiculousness at an American high school as senior Mitchell navigates (stumbles) his way through teacher, student, friend, girlfriend, prom politics, with really funny results that are sometimes so horrendous it’s a shame you can’t read with your eyes closed. It has haiku chapter subtitles which obviously we approve of.

Long titles say “witty”, not angsty. For example like The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4, or I Lost My Mobile at the Mall: Teenager on the Edge of Technological Breakdown. Randomly, there’s also the groundbreaking Tristram Shandy or more lengthily The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (an 18th century postmodern epic, it’s a challenge). Or something.

So if you’re writing the next great novel of wit, consider a longer, story-telling title.

Feliz Natal!
Music, New, Synthesiser Patel
New Compact Discs
15.12.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Endlessly – Duffy
Shyness forgotten,
the spotlight’s glare now embraced,
pop moves to the fore.

The Very, Very Best Of – Crowded House
These three discs are as
crowded as a crowded house
hahahaha jk.

Greatest Hits – Good Charlotte
Identical bros
longetivity ensures
Christmastime release

Cardiology – Good Charlotte
Oh, you wanted more?
Perhaps these “heartfelt” tunes will
scratch away your itch.

Merry Christmas II You – Mariah Carey
Second in series
of seasonal themed songs from
singer of Someday

Christmas Album – Glee
More seasonally
appropriate recordings,
this time from Glee Club.

Disc-overy – Tinie Tempah
Rapper shares birthday
with Synthesiser Patel.
Good for him, I guess.

Semi-Charmed Life – V/A
Unlucky enough
to have missed nineties alt-rock?
Not with this you’re not.

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