Jeff Lind

Reader’s Choice: TIE. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular, Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend

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Reader’s Choice: Madvillain – Madvillainy

It’s not easy to pick the best album of a particular year. Music is the soundtrack to our lives, and it means different things to individuals depending on where they’re…

It’s not easy to pick the best album of a particular year. Music is the soundtrack to our lives, and it means different things to individuals depending on where they’re…

Best Albums of 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 It’s not easy to pick the best album…

The Dead Weather Horehound Warner Brothers out July 14th 76/100 [Rating Scale] [rating:76/100] The Dead Weather is a blues-rock band comprised of Jack White (The White Stripes), Dean Fertila (Queens…

It’s not easy to pick the best album of a particular year. Music is the soundtrack to our lives, and it means different things to individuals depending on where they’re…

Wilco Wilco (The Album) Nonesuch out June 30th [75] [Rating Scale] [rating:75/100] It’s easy to give an album a 75/100. It is. People that love the album are okay with…

Note: PMA gives away each album it reviews. Learn how to enter at the end of the review. Bloc Party Intimacy Remixed Wichita Out May 12th [72] [Rating Scale] [rating:72/100]…

[rating:40/100] If I didn’t know that The-Dream wrote “Umbrella” and “Single Ladies” I probably wouldn’t have given this album a full listen. I’m not disrespecting The-Dream here, but he’s showed…

[rating:50/100] I’m not a big Thermals guy. I’ve never minded their music, and even thought that they’d be a cool live act to go see, but I’ve never picked up…

[rating:83/100] If you know anything about Phoenix, you know this: they always deliver. Always. From back in the Alphabetical days (it’s impossible to not love “Everything is Everything”) to It’s…

[rating:75/100] When Luis posted “Zero,” It seemed like I may have been one of the only people that didn’t like it. “Zero,” to me, came across a little flat and…

Okay, sure, you like independent music. Fine. But what exactly does that mean? When you hear talk of independent music, what bands come to mind? Seriously, think about it. I’ve…

[rating:77/100] I guess the first thing to say is that The Spirit of Apollo is good. Very good. The turntablism is good, the rapping is good, the vocals are good… it’s very…

[rating:92/100] Animal Collective (AC) albums are impossible to review. Not to bang the ultimate cop-out drum, but it’s true. If you’ve heard their music, you have an opinion and (really)…

Maroon 5’s remix album, Call and Response, is (in concept) very cool. There are various artists remixing M5 songs, with widely differing backgrounds. From Pharell to the Cool Kids; DJ…