Bad Astronaut
Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment
Fat Wreck Chords (2006)
Before the release of Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment, frontman Joey Cape willingly admitted that the record does not measure up to what it should have been, and not many bands would ever publicly admit something like that, but not many bands have experienced the tragedy that befell Bad Astronaut. The band's co-creator, drummer, and one of Cape's best friends, Derrick Plourde, committed suicide last year before the completion of this album, and Cape felt the need to let people know that it should have been better than it is. Representing what was one of Plourde's final pieces of work before he left this world, Cape wanted to keep everything his friend had tracked drums-wise, and so he worked with what he had as much as possible as a way of paying tribute to Plourde's work, even though it was unfinished. In the end, Cape had to do some editing and call in another drummer, Jonathan Gorman, to finish a few of the songs, but he did as much as he could to make the songs emulate the quality that Plourde would have been proud of, and succeeded. Bad Astronaut has always been versatile enough to change paces and … Read more
Girls Aloud
The Sounds of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits
Polydor/Universal (2006)
In this day and age of "indie" bands selling to kids and having number ones left, right, and center, one … Read more
Microwaves
Contagion Heuristic
Crucial Blast (2006)
I don't think I've ever heard an album come from this far out in left field and still come together … Read more
