Its a shame people feel the need to cheat or at least learn to spell

Arcade Fire

Well if you want to paint a picture of the suburbs, the best way to do it is take the same thing and repeat over and over again. After a great opening tune, what follows is a continual follow up of sameness. The songs never stand amongst them selves and seem quite safe. I get it the suburbs. 2.0

John Eddie
MOR. 2

High Strung
The month of shared lead vocals continues. This bunch a garage rock songs take the genre and at times add a bit of beatlesesque psychedelic feel to them. Like the songs that lean more to this approach than the others because lead vocals can grate a little. But this is nit-picking for this is a very good guitar based rock album. 3.0

Leon Redbone
Thankfully there was some good guitar noise this week to help with this selection. As a person who played Trombone I have been aware of this music since 5th grade. And honestly I don't really like. So judging this is tough. But after the yodel it got one more song then I was done. The playing was week. His attempts at I am guessing scat-singing sounds like someone the next morning after a bender. 1

The HivesA good collection of Stones meets the Ramones.

The Creepshow
Found these guys by accident but with a description of Bad Religion meets Rev Horten thought they deserved a listen. Glad I did. A fun cd that I guess is being called physcobilly. That horrible misnomer aside, this is 10 great songs that come in around 30 minutes. Great guitar, Hammond organ, slap bass, what more can you ask? The dual lead vocals are great on their own and when they are combined it works even better. And finally a road song that I actually don't want to vomit when I hear it. 3.5

a-aerosmith (acdc); b-beatles; c-the call; d-dramarama; e-echo and the bunnymen; f-the frames; g-ginger; h-hanoi rocks; I-iron maiden; j-judas priest; k-kiss; l-lou reed; m-manic street preachers; n-nazereth; o-ocean colour scene; p-placebo; q-queen; r-replacements; s the snake the crown the cross; t-thin lizzy, u-ufo v-vic chestnut(van halen); w-the wildhearts, x-xtc; y-yngwie malmsteen; z-zebra.