You, Me and Everyone We Know - Party for the Grown and Sexy, GARRETT CARLSON
Drawing comparisons to Say Anything and Fall Out Boy, You Me and Everyone We Know re-released their debut EP this past week for free on Absolutepunk.net. Everything about YMEWK screams catchiness, featuring some of the wittiest lyrics since Jesse Lacey wrote Deja Entendu and enough clever choruses to make Pete Wentz proud.
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago, DAN MECCA
A slower, more introverted cross between Andrew Bird, The National, and Joshua Radin, Mr. Iver's album is short and sweet. Be sure to check out the first track "Flume" and the fourth track "The Wolves (Act I and Act II)" for a spoonful of soft, soothing serenades with lyrics that do well to keep your emotions in check.
Metro Station - Metro Station, JOHN RANIC
There comes a point in everyone's existence when they need to set all of the problems and hassles of life aside and dance it all away. We're not talking about 'serving,' we're talking about emotional salvation through dance. Hollywood's freshest four-piece, Metro Station, delivers the most sinfully delightful and testosterone-devoid synth-pop-dance-rock this side of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. And Miley-Ray Cyrus' brother, Trace, sing-talks in the most overtly sexual, feminine way possible. Yeah, yeah.
Peaches - FatherF*****, BEN MUMFORD-ZISK
Merrill Beth Nisker makes loud, sparse and vulgar electronic music with lyrics that explore gender-change identity and obscure sexual themes while being as crude and explicit as possible. Yet somehow, it's impossible to stop listening to her. Check out "Kick It," where she and Iggy Pop trade information about their sexual peccadilloes. Sure to entertain, this CD should be played when meeting a significant other's parents.
Puscifer - V is for Vagina, Matt Zajac
Puscifer is Maynard James Keenan's (Tool, A Perfect Circle) solo side project that embodies his warped, whisky-and-wine sense of humor while adding some pretty deep grooves to his consistently uncompromising resum?(c). Expect something in a completely different atmosphere than Tool and you'll be able to appreciate this charmingly cynical release from shady Maynard.
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