2007 June | 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: 6/10       Electric Soft Parade’s first foray into the American music biz is one primed for the ears of the masses. With an LP chock full of songs that are as friendly on the ears as anything the group has ever produced, they are ready to cater to crowds far beyond the folks [...]

To start off, I would like to congratulate you guys on the release of Boxer, which I can already tell is going to be at the top of everyone’s list for album of the year. (Eric Rankin, Interviewer) The orchestration on Boxer is one of the stand out characteristics of the album. How did Padma [...]

OTO Rating: 6/10       These Friends of Mine could not be a more fitting title for the fourth album released from this Seattle-raised singer-songwriter who wants to do nothing more than her simple affirmation of “I just want to entertain people”. And with that declaration she does so in a sleepy sort of way with [...]

OTO Rating: 7/10       What is music’s most fearless and fertile peninsula? Why, Scandinavia, of course. Maybe all of that “borderless” business has cultivated some very intuitive musical thinkers or maybe this is something passed down from Pliny the Elder himself. Either way the place is absolutely electric right now and the buzz is swelling. [...]

OTO Rating: 10/10       When I think of The National, I think of the term Tongue-in-Cheek. The subtly mocking lyrics of this New York based band are portrayed in a half serious, half satirical sort of intoxicated imagery. Although this may be true, Matt Berninger is an immensely gifted lyricist, who’s able to conjure up [...]