tuesday reviews

Mike Doughty - haughty melodic: Former frontman for mid 90's clever clogs, Soul Coughing, is back in festive form, more so than with his more stripped-down EP's, Skittish & Rockity Roll. Warm weather, drivin with the windows rolled down stuff.

Dinosaur Jr. - dinosaur, you're living all over me, bug (reissues): Amazing sound quality, these are completey remastered recordings that breath new life into old DJ - yea! And the reunited original line-up on craig ferguson friday absolutely ripped through 'lung'. Now if only J. and Lou can remain friends until they schedule some shows west of the mississippi...

verve remixed 3: Conceptual or sequential series often get worse with each release. Volume 3doesn't quite flow as nicely as the first volume, but it holds some interesting interpretations of jazz classics nonetheless, by producers du jour such as Postal Service, RJD2, Junior Boys, & Danger Mouse. Mostly cooler than Vol. 2 at least.

the national - Alligator: The third released from these moody brooklyn gents who kind of sound like a much less frenetic version of the Wedding Present. Rainy weather, sitting indoors kind of stuff.

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