2006 August | one times one
opinions were like kittens i was giving them away. -modest mouse
there's nothing as something as one. -e. e. cummings

OTO Rating: 9/10       For a long time, Mew have been a collection of almost-rans. After nearly 10 years and 3 space-pop pieces, they still have neither the credibility nor the renown that they deserve. Instead, they’re often pegged as lesser Danish pop, the band critics may applaud but the masses deride. Or rather, would [...]

      Carey Ott has a quality that no amount of marketing could embellish or hide. He is a hard working musician that lets his music do all the talking. His songs have a way of sounding familiar and inventive while at the same time reaching listeners with substance, not lumping them in the head with [...]

OTO Rating: 6/10       At this moment, One Times One becomes the first organization to declare an embargo on prefixes. No more psych-rock, no more nu-rock, no more post-folk-funk-punk, whatever. Track listing: 01 When Heat Sleeps 02 Shadow Your Shadow 03 How Long? 04 Eye On The Time 05 >> 06 Pilot Light 07 A [...]

OTO Rating: 6/10       If Coldplay wanted to be the next U2, then Snow Patrol would just love to be the next Coldplay. And, to give them credit, they do a decent job. But then again, the Coldplay recipe isn’t exactly almond-infused soufflé – think of it more as apple pie; it’s pretty tough to [...]

OTO Rating: 8/10       The Avalanche is not your typical outtakes album. The 76 minutes of left-over material from Sufjan Stevens’ triumphant 2005 Illinois contain no half-finished songs, no in-studio banter and no throw-away tracks. Instead there are 21 polished, fully-realized songs. If it weren’t for the three versions of the original album’s centerpiece, “Chicago”, [...]