Category Archives: Music Review

In the End, Everybody Wins

Summer of 2009: two patient developers and one immediate punch in the face. I've like a number of albums this year, but only two have blown my mind. First up, Future of the Left's incredible Travels With Myself and Another, which is released nationwide tomorrow. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube …

June 22, 2009 – 4:54 pm | By Scott | Posted in Music Review | Tagged | Comments (2)

When the Going Gets Cold, the Cold Get Ecstatically Weird

The Animal Collective's "Merriwether Post Pavilion" starts a winter music roundup from the Martin hi-fi.

January 24, 2009 – 1:42 pm | By Scott | Posted in Music Review | Comments (1)

Year-End Top Album Lists are the Unwanted and Unread Products of Insufferable, Self-Congratulatory Music Snobs

Here is my top 20 albums list for 2008!

January 4, 2009 – 11:32 pm | By Scott | Posted in Music Review | Comments (2)

Summer on the Martin Hi-Fi

As the summer closes, I'm reminded of all of the great pop music we listened to all summer long:

August 29, 2008 – 4:14 pm | By Scott | Posted in Music Review | Tagged | Comments (0)

Frightened Rabbit and the "Bring a Band to School" Program

Scotland's Frightened Rabbit has released their second album "The Midnight Organ Fight," and it may just save the anthem as we know it. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

April 19, 2008 – 2:40 pm | By Scott | Posted in Music Review | Tagged | Comments (2)

Could You Hold Down the Beat...

...on the deck of a Puget Sound ferry on a January day? Throw Me the Statue can, and it's awesome!

March 26, 2008 – 11:02 pm | By Scott | Posted in Music Review | Comments (0)

2008 in Music

Too early? Not really! We're almost one quarter down, and some great albums have already been released.

March 22, 2008 – 7:25 am | By Scott | Posted in Music Review | Comments (0)