| As summer draws to a close, there are more than a few records lying around that we haven’t written about. So since there were no good movies to see this summer, you probably have some matinee money burning a hole in your pocket. Maybe it’s time for a trip to the store.
Here are some new albums and a shorthand guide to what they sound like.
· 13&God 13&God (Anticon/Alien Transistor): A supergroup combination of The Notwist’s glitchy pop and the high-pitched hip hop of Themselves.
· 32 Leaves Welcome to the Fall (Double Blind): Catchy, angry pop punk that sounds like every other emo band out there.
· Caledonia Lost Balloons (Independent): What starts as strong acoustic folk-rock quickly degenerates into not-so-hot adult-contemporary bullshit.
· The Click Five Greetings From Imrie House (Lava): Featuring members of Fountains of Wayne, this album is crunchy, radio-friendly, guilty pleasure rock through and through.
· The Cribs The New Fellas (Wichita/ World’s Fair): The Brits kind of sound like The Strokes, if those wanky hipsters could actually play.
· Dirty Tricks Demerits (Blue Skies Turn Black): If Hot Water Music were from Montreal, Quebec, they would sound like this.
· The Greenhornes East Grand Blues (V2): The Byrds reinterpreted by R.E.M. or Red Kross.
· Missy Elliot The Cookbook (Atlantic): Just like old Missy Elliot, only with fewer killer tracks.
· Engineers Engineers (Echo): Oasis versus Coldplay in a celebrity whine match with Ivy as the referee.
· Joy Zipper American Whip (Dangerbird): Imagine Stereolab as a two-piece on Quaaludes doing Jesus and Mary Chain covers.
· MIR The Acoustic Record (AASH Records/ MapleNationwide): A band trying to make up for its lack of songwriting ability by using bike pumps and boxes of rice as instruments.
· Bob Mould Body of Song (Yep Roc): A perfect mixture of old rocking Bob Mould and his tepid solo electronica material.
· The Novaks The Novaks (Sonic Records): Imagine the bastard love child of Thrush Hermit and Tricky Woo.
· The Populars The Vindicator LP (Kindling Music): Bridging the gap between Canadian indie rock and heavyweight Canuck touring bands.
· Precious Fathers Precious Fathers (White Whale): If Chicago post rockers Tortoise were from Vancouver, they still wouldn’t be this poppy.
· Treva Whateva Music’s Made of Memories (Ninja Tune): This hip-hoppy house isn’t the music you would hear at the club, but rather the stuff you would listen to while you were getting ready to go there.
· Ying Yang Twins United States of Atlanta (TVT): Two lazy MCs talking over a beat and trying to pass it off as hip hop.
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