low - the great destroyer: the best since their first? low rocks out - relatively, that is. surprisingly good. mercery rev - the secret migration: not bad unless you compare it with their old stuff. then it sort of blows. but as expected sort of flaming lipsesque poppy that I guess is every bit as much mercury rev's sound. i just miss the damn guitars. m83 - before the dawn heals us: more varied than their last & the sound isn't as distinguished. but basically the tracks that rock, rock and the slow stuff is a little boring. plus some horrible eighties vocals. terribly uneven. and you will know us by the trail of dead - worlds apart: let's just say that it is hard to see them destroy any stages to this music. not necessarily bad... just sort of retro bowie type sound. actually, it is kinda bad but maybe i need to give it another listen. bright eyes - digital ash in a digital urn & i'm wide awake it is morning: it sort of makes sense for bright eyes to release two albums. both their last album and the shows have suffered from being too all over the place. don't get me wrong, i think bright eyes is responsible for some of the best songs in the last few years, but i think at some point either i just lost interest or oberst ran out of ideas. the "acoustic" album in its better moments reminds me a little of a lesser elliott smith. the more folksy stuff just bores me now. the "digital" album also fails to convince though i think it contains a few of the better songs in this batch. another disappointment. hood - outside closer: the first single was fantastic (video). the album is a bit more low key. in terms of pop it doesn't quite reach the heights of their previous stuff but it sounds just as good - just more ambient than before.
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