 | | 1. A Hundred Million Suns | | Artist: Snow Patrol Release Date: 10/28/2008
Format: CD |  | Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns - CD Review By: Dusty Somers - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 10/30/2008 8:20 AM | | After years of laboring in obscurity, they’ve settled in comfortably to a familiar formula – expansive, heavily layered rockers mingling with hushed, intimate ballads. A Hundred Million Suns lives up to the rest of the material in the Snow Patrol canon – it’s neither standout nor stinker, but for the crowd that listens to Snow Patrol, it’s perfect. read the full review | |
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 | | 10. Living Thing | | Artist: Peter Bjorn & John Release Date: 3/31/2009
Format: CD | | Peter Bjorn & John - Living Thing - CD Review By: Ethan Stanislawski - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 4/1/2009 1:33 PM | | Peter Bjorn and John’s Writer’s Block may have inadvertently previewed what was to come for this band; unlike most one hit wonders, the Swedish trio had released three albums with a number of fantastic tracks; “Young Folks” just happened to catch a wave of support that far surpassed anything else they had ever done — for random circumstances as much as its own brilliance. Now, with “Young Folks” appearing every week on Gossip Girl it’s impossible to ignore it when talking about Peter Bjorn & John, as it probably will always be. (How much do you think Nada Surf would give up to have one interview that didn’t mention “Popular?”) read the full review | |
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 | | 11. 4:13 Dream | | Artist: The Cure Release Date: 10/28/2008
Format: CD | | The Cure - 4:13 Dream - CD Review By: David R Perry - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 11/2/2008 11:51 PM | | 4:13 Dream, the latest release by rock stalwarts The Cure, alternates a bit in style between some of their previous records. At times it is a very Wish-era blend of dreamy shoegazer rock mixed with more upbeat radio-friendly goth-rock. At other times, it hearkens back to much of their earlier work with more of a raw, punk edge that is short and direct. read the full review | |
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 | | 12. The Hazards Of Love | | Artist: Decemberists Release Date: 3/24/2009
Format: CD | | The Decemberists -- The Hazards of Love - CD Review By: Holly Hughes - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 4/23/2009 11:51 AM | | For some bands, a project this arty, this intellectually pretentious, would be the kiss of death. I’m still baffled by how the Decemberists manage to pull it off. A 17-song cycle peopled with rakes and maidens and woodland queens and a shape-shifting fawn – yeah, that’s just what the hip-hop generation has been asking for. But after the breakthrough success of 2006’s The Crane Wife, the Decemberists were emboldened to head full-tilt in the direction of folk-rock opera. It’s surely the only new indie CD with such deliberately archaic language and poetic imagery – an outpouring of bowers and willows and garlands and thistles. “But with this long last rush of air / Let’s speak our vows in starry whisper,” declares the hero, as he and his girlfriend drown themselves on the last track. Hey, party on. read the full review | |
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