Radio Dick – Bickering Spouses Edition
If you’re a regular reader of our site, you’re probably aware of our Radio Dick portion and how it differs greatly from our regular content throughout the week. We consider it a sort of round up of sorts, covering some of the week’s biggest releases. It also serves to whet our own appetite for upcoming albums we may feature in our typical long-form album reviews. While this isn’t an exact science, we’ve found it works pretty well for us. The key problem with this weekly post is that it somewhat negates our ethos of critically evaluating all of the music we place on our site. Surely, if there is anyone that enjoys breaking down a track, album, or video into its most crucial parts, it’s me. Nonetheless, we try our best to hit you with our evaluative content throughout the week. In other words, if you’re here for the music, enjoy it friends, but make sure to swing back to see what we’re really about here.
Switching thoughts for a few moments, it’s been a trying week at CD headquarters, primarily due to the growing pains of adding additional collaboraters here. The extra email addresses and increased intensity in communication has drained us a bit and has lain the groundwork for some excellent war room brawls. Brian re-emerged from his summer camp hiatus and is still shaking the sleep out of his eyes. James, still reeling from a big move across town in Chicago, is a crabby asshole. As for me, I’ve done my share of jabbing throughout the week, as well. The only two innocents in this equation are Justin and Rob, our two newest dicks. I suppose this is as good a time as any to apologize to our new co-workers and bury the hatchet with James and Brian.
So what, in reality, does this have to do with you, our reader? Lots, fortunately. As we expand and grow, we’d like you to get to know who we are so that we’re not just mindless drones and poor critical voices out in the ether. When you read Brian’s reviews, we’d like you to know a little about him and what his tastes are, for example. Likewise, it’s important for us to maintain integrity in the music we review here. The extra people involved in the process should hopefully bring you better reviews and more effective coverage of the scene. As our britches get bigger, our basic tilt remains the same: We don’t bash albums here, and if a review lands on our site it’s because it’s good. If you don’t see it anywhere on our site, it’s either because we missed it, or have not found concensus on its worth.
In the nature of good tunes, we’ll move onward with the music for today. This list is pretty fresh, and should put you right on key with what’s going to be moving and shaking on the interwebs this week music-wise. As a guilty pleasure, I’ve included 2007’s “Crimewave” by HEALTH just to get (some of you) psyched for the upcoming album. As for the other tracks, all are set to rip on full LP’s soon. There’s a Memory Tapes track, remixed by The Horrors, new Roadside Graves, The Mountain Goats, and Sea Wolf, as well. One of my favorites on this list comes from Hometapes’ own Bear in Heaven, and I’ve been playing it since I snagged the download. Throw Me The Statue just released another MP3 off of their release, but I’m sticking with “Ancestors” because it’s the one I can’t stop playing. There are several others on the list, as well, so enjoy.
As far as this week, we’ve got some reviews on tap and, hopefully, a whole lot less bitching. Enjoy the work week peeps.
The Mountain Goats – Genesis 3:23
Memory Tapes – Bicycle (Horrors Cosmic Dub)
Roadside Graves – Work Itself Out
Hallelujah The Hills – Blank Passports
Throw Me the Statue – Ancestors
Music Go Music – Warm In The Shadows
Shannon Stephens – In the Summer in the Heat
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