Album Reviews of the Week: Coldplay, Katy Perry and More
Posted Tuesday 06/17/2008 1:07 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Ryan Dombal
Filed Under:
Katy perry, silver jews, dennis wilson, album reviews of the week, Coldplay, wolf parade
ColdplayViva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Capitol
The world’s most neurotic rock stars relax, shed their manias and get experimental
By Jon Dolan
>> Read the full review here.
Katy PerryOne of the Boys
Capitol
A Santa Barbara, California, 23-year-old fixates on boys who act like girls and the girls who love/hate them
By Chuck Eddy
>> Read the full review here.
Wolf ParadeAt Mount Zoomer
Sub Pop
Eleven-minute songs from Canadian indie guys who may own unicorns
By Jon Dolan
>> Read the full review here.
Silver JewsLookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Drag City
The New York Times found “great promise” in his book of poetry, maybe because books don’t sing
By Douglas Wolk
>> Read the full review here.
REISSUE
Dennis WilsonPacific Ocean Blue and Bambu (The Caribou Sessions)
Caribou/Epic/Legacy
Surf-kissed gorgeousness from the bad Beach Boy who partied hard, womanized harder — and died at 39
By Erik Davis
>> Read the full review here.
