New Albums

Quick Reviews of stuff The PANDA has recently purchased:

My Morning Jacket-Z
Pretty damn good. A bit, a tiny bit, of a change in direction for them. Some great melodies here. If you liked them before, you should still like them, unless you think they went "pop" or something (which would only prove that you are an asshole of some sort or another).

Paul McCartney-Chaos and Creation
A few good songs. Much of the album is kinda ho-hum. Maybe I've just heard too much Paul McCartney is my life? It's not bad but it's not great. I always ask myself if I would like the same album if instead of being by some old dude it was buy some fresh 19 year old dude. I can never really answer that question. Apparently it is impossible to control for the "old dude effect" when listening to the tunes.

Rolling Stones-Bigger Bang
OK, I this a bit better than McCartney, but it suffers from the same "old dude effect." There are, however, a couple of awesome songs on here. Such as? Well "Let Me Down Slow" is right up there in the top 30% of Stones songs (which is saying something!) and "Rain Fell Down" is in the top 50% for sure.

Nada Surf-The Weight is a Gift
Another solid album here. Their previous effort "let go" kicked my sorry ass all around the block. How can a dylan fan resist the song "Blonde on Blonde." This group should get much more attention. The songs on the new album are very solid and full of nice melodies. I could see how some people might get a little bit turned off by some of the more "hopeful" lyrics, but some people need to lighten up!!

Damn, bunch of sensitive white guy music. Who knew?