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First Impressions: The Suburbs
Our first listen through Arcade Fire’s latest opus is not an auspicious one as the band’s fabled tension and passion is all but absent.
1Duran Duran: Redux
Staffer Jason Lent examines the newly re-packaged Duran Duran as well as the band’s place in pop music history.
1The Peculiar Genius Of John Cage
Seminal avant-gardist John Cage continually defied music conventions throughout his career, and we’ve decided to spotlight it.
1First Impressions: High Violet
Brooklyn rockers The National released our third favorite album of the decade in Boxer, so how does its follow-up fare?
First Impressions: The Wild Hunt
Kristian Matsson aka The Tallest Man On Earth delivers his sophomore full-length and SOTS feels he’s struck gold again.
First Impressions: Have One On Me
Joanna Newsom’s latest venture is consistently pretty, but even that quality becomes tiresome after 2 hours.
5First Impressions: Transference
A SOTS listening party was thrown for Spoon’s Transference earlier this week. These are our initial thoughts. Fuck Brian.
1Honorable Mentions Of 2009
It’s never possible to include every staffer’s favorites on year-end lists. Honorable mentions are there to highlight these gems.
6Top Albums Of 2009: #1
Bill Callahan’s latest record sees him swatting Cohen comparisons away by brushing his music with as much sonic as lyrical clout.
2Top Albums Of 2009: #10-2
Albums 25 through 11 of SOTS’ year-end list feature some of the most exciting purveyors of underground rock music today.
3Top Albums Of 2009: #25-11
It’s been a busy time at Sun On The Sand lately, so only now are we getting to the best records released in the past year. Enjoy.
Top Albums Of The Decade: Honorable Mentions (Part 2)
Here’s the second half of our decade’s honorable mentions, with strong efforts in jazz, post-hardcore, indie, and hip hop alike.
Grrrl Power
The Spice Girls pulled the wool way over mainstream eyes in the 90s. Luckily, Sleater-Kinney is there to call them out on their bullshit.
Top Albums Of The Decade: Honorable Mentions (Part 1)
There isn’t always enough room in the democratic voting process to feature personal favorites, so we’re highlighting a few now. Enjoy.
7Albums Of The Decade: #1 – Funeral
Arcade Fire’s highly acclaimed debut is one of the most cathartic and captivating rock ‘n’ roll records of all time, let alone the past decade.
Phil Selway