Pressed for Sound: New Album Reviews: July 2008 Archives

Pressed for Sound

New Album Reviews: July 2008 Archives

Thumbnail image for theslip-splash.jpgNine Inch Nails give away another free album, only this one's really good. If you weren't a fan of Reznor's industrial-rock attack before then now's the time to get on board.

Album Review: CSS - 'Donkey'

Thumbnail image for cssdonkey.jpgCSS attempt to follow-up its cheery and infectious debut with polished, stripped-down versions of songs that sound too familiar, more Americanized and, at times, impenetrable.

Album Review: Beck - 'Modern Guilt'

Thumbnail image for modern guilt.jpgWhen news hit that Danger Mouse would be involved in Beck's latest offering, Modern Guilt, I got pretty excited. Our favorite 'Loser' has been known to make extremely great music (groundbreaking and chart-busting) as a collaborator (O Delay!), as well as solidifying his own reputation as a master of melodic-funk-party-pop. However, Modern Guilt basically demonstrates that the two musicians are huge fans of Caribou, which is not a bad thing.
Hymn and Her.jpgOn its sixth studio album, Earlimart drop down in size to its original core members: Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray. The duo has slowly moved closer towards a dreamier and more detailed pop sound since its landmark album, Everyone Down Here, and Earlimart make this distinction more apparent than ever on Hymn and Her.