This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:
Radio 4: Gotham! - uneven dancepunk
Pete Townshend: Deep End Live! - interesting takes
Superchunk: Cup of Sand - mixed bag
Sloan: The Double Cross - more awesomeness
Genesis: Foxtrot - still cooking
Samiam: Astray - melodic punk
Tiara: B-Sides & Rarities – unknown gems
Hot Snakes: Automatic Midnight - angular anger
The Go! Team: Thunder, Lightning, Strike - unabashed fun
The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends - mostly forgettable
Jack White: Blunderbuss - missing riffs
The War On Drugs: Future Weather EP - interesting grooves
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments: Bait & Switch - DIY punk
Brad: United We Stand - strong effort
Nathan Westwood: Piano Bed – delicate charms
Winger: In the Heart of the Young - poppy metal
Quiet Riot: Condition Critical - follow-up failure
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojo - bluesier Petty
Moviola: The Year You Were Born - jangly lo-fi
Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine (or what we did on our summer vacation) - dull covers
Struck By Lightning: True Predation - predictably screamy
Torche: Harmonicraft - blazing brilliance