Twitter Review Session #7

(142) Creaturesque - Throw Me the Statue (Secretly Canadian)
Nice and sort of interesting but pretty boring pop blah blah blah you've heard this from me before. (6/10)

(143) Beacons of Ancestorship - Tortoise (Thrill Jockey)
Spastic, unique instrumentals, sure. A lot of people love Tortoise, and I just don't get it with their 2009 album. (5.5/10)

(144) Bird-Brains - Tune-Yards (Marriage)
Very simple, sparse and rhythmic experimental folk that offers interesting vocals and not much else. (5/10)

(145) Romanian Names - John Vanderslice (Dead Oceans)
Pretty and impeccably produced indie pop story songs. His best since 2004's Cellar Door. (7/10)

(146) Dark Was the Night - various artists (4AD)
Pretty good benefit comp, huh? Dirty Projectors, Books/Jose Gonzalez and Riceboy Sleeps songs are best. (6.5/10)

(147) Warm Heart of Africa - The Very Best (Green Owl)
Fun and feel-good and interesting and all that, yes, but the no holding back is a little too joyous here. (5.5/10)

(148) Tight Knit - Vetiver (Sub Pop)
Gorgeous, simple folk pop with really nice instrumentation. This came out of nowhere for me. (8/10)

(149) Rose City - Viva Voce (Barsuk)
Husband/wife duo expand to include others and the result is a unique and pretty badass indie pop record. (7.5/10)

(150) Everything Goes Wrong - Vivian Girls (In the Red)
I believe all the hype, now. These girls know how to make some really good, catchy, messy and badass punk rock. (8/10)

(151) Unmap - Volcano Choir (Jagjaguwar)
Bon Iver/Collections of Colonies of Bees collab that features beautiful layers and cool, subtle rhythms. (7/10)

(152) Wavvves - Wavves (Fat Possum)
I can't deny that I've gotten into this lo-fi stuff that is so trendy now, but aside from one song, this is shit. (2.5/10)

(153) It's Frightening - White Rabbits (TBD)
Britt Daniel-produced obnoxious New York pop/rock. Just a tad bit less than mediocre. (4.5/10)

(154) Rules - The Whitest Boy Alive (Bubbles)
Smooth, soulful, subtle, dancey, jangly project from Kings of Convenience dude. Pretty good! (6/10)

(155) Eskimo Snow - Why? (Anticon)
A slower, even moodier direction for Yoni Wolf and co. Pretty stuff, but I miss the hip hop rhyme schemes and groove. (7/10)

(156) Wilco (The Album) - Wilco (Nonesuch)
So much better than 2007's Sky Blue Sky. "Wilco (The Song)" is one of the absolute best of the year. (7.5/10)

(157) The Bachelor - Patrick Wolf (Bloody Chamber/Nylon)
All over the place, and pretty fascinating in places, but I can't take the overwhelming obnoxiousness at all. (4/10)

(158) Magnolia - The Wooden Birds (Barsuk)
American Analog Set's Andrew Kenny's new band, which sounds like acoustic AmAnSet. Mellow and v. pretty. (6.5/10)

(159) Songs of Shame - Woods (Woodsist)
Quirky, lo-fi indie pop on their own Woodsist label that is so popular these days. My expectations weren't quite met. (6/10)

(160) How I Became Illustrated - The Word Play (Suburban Sprawl)
My boys finally came out with an album and I'm finally writing about it. Best jagged 90s indie rock around. (8.5/10)