Airs
Rainclouds Over The Remains Of Hope
Music Ruins Lives (2011)
Have you ever listened to the record at the wrong time and have it just put you off on that record even though your reaction was not the record’s fault? Well, good for you if this never happens to you; but this scenario does occur to me from time to time, and, unfortunately, it can put my potential enjoyment of a record back a bit to where listening to such a record is not an option for a while. Often, if I force myself to listen to a record like this, I am overly critical of everything about the record from recording quality to the actual music (which is mean and completely unnecessary… sometimes I call this a “reviewer’s tantrum”); and I actually may develop a deep seeded hate for records that garner such ire. Rainclouds Over The Remains Of Hope avoided that whole bag of worms somehow and defied that whole logic by somehow hitting on a “quirky” feeling as it played, and describing what quirky is or how this record is quirky will probably be impossible on paper or the computer screen (unless I took some pictures of the gesticulations that I use to describe quirky or maybe … Read more
Whiskey & Co.
Rust Colors
No Idea (2010)
Whiskey & Co.’s sound hasn’t changed, even if a couple members have. On their third record, the Gainesville band continues … Read more
End of a Year
You Are Beneath Me
Deathwish Inc. (2010)
“To best enjoy this album… try new things” So starts one of the catchiest records this year this side of … Read more
The Arrivals
Volatile Molotov
Recess (2010)
When it comes to overlooked bands, Chicago’s Arrivals should be right near the top. The band has never been overly … Read more
