Daggerzine Review

clipped from www.daggerzine.com 12.17.07 Warm In The Wake AMERICAN PRHISTORIC-- (LIVE WIRE)- A lovely mix of acoustic guitars, analog synths and dreamy vocals from this Atlanta bunch and I have to tell you, I went from not liking this record to sorta liking it to loving it in the past 10 minutes. Leader Chris Rowell is onto something here…in the same ballpark as Band of Horses, Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips but still unique enough to stand in a different line. “Pawn Shop Heart” is an epic, cosmic rocker that swirls and sways and ends before you want it to while the title track is epic in a different way as it soars n’ swoops and never quite lands on terra firma. “She’d never Seen It” is like the Feelies fighting The Byrds on angel dust or peyote or lots of pot. Ok, after I finish this review I’m going to call up every human being I know and tell them to buy this record. Now go wait for your call! www.livewirerecordings.net

Best of 2007

clipped from muchoftenfardeeply.blogspot.com clipped from muchoftenfardeeply.blogspot.com I wish I had the time or the gumption* to think really hard and seriously consider which albums** were better for what reasons or what films are most important to the history of cinema. Alas, I'd rather just throw down some crazy list of superlatives based on the artists that held my attention most and the films I actually got to see. Besides, as someone recently pointed out, no one could possible listen to or watch everything. But I swear in '08 I'm gonna try. records worth an honorable mention: Jeremy Fisher - Blue Monday The Everybodyfields - Nothing is Okay Mexican Institute of Sound - Piñata Bishop Allen - The Broken String Peter, Bjorn, and John - Writer's Block The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour Warm in the Wake - American Prehistoric Sea Wolf - Leaves in the River MIA - Kala