Current pick:

Eight and a Half - Eight and a Half (review)

Past picks:

Week of May 7, 2012: Ex-Norwegian - House Music (review)
Week of April 30, 2012: M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion (review)
Week of April 23, 2012: Choir of Young Believers - Rhine Gold (review)
Week of April 16, 2012: The Shins - Port of Morrow (review)
Week of April 9, 2012: White Rabbits - Milk Famous (review)
Week of April 2, 2012: Team Me - To The Treetops! (review)
Week of March 26, 2012: Soft Swells - Soft Swells (review)
Week of March 19, 2012: Shearwater - Animal Joy (review)
Week of March 12, 2012: Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (review)
Week of March 5, 2012: Fionn Regan - 100 Acres of Sycamore (review)
Week of February 27, 2012: Grimes - Visions (review)
Week of February 20, 2012: Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory (review)
Week of February 13, 2012: Jonathan Segel - All Attractions (review)
Week of February 6, 2012: Hospitality - Hospitality (review)
Week of January 30, 2012: Gotye - Making Mirrors (review)
Week of January 23, 2012: Tom Waits - Bad As Me (review)
Week of January 16, 2012: We Were Promised Jetpacks - In the Pit of the Stomach (review)
Week of January 9, 2012: Class Actress - Rapprocher (review)
Week of January 2, 2012: Born Gold - Bodysongs (review)
Week of December 26, 2011: Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (review)
Week of December 19, 2011: Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream (review)
Week of December 12, 2011: Zola Jesus - Conatus (review)
Week of December 5, 2011: Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness (review)
Week of November 28, 2011: Heavy Times - Jacker (review)
Week of November 21, 2011: Robin Bacior - Rest Our Wings (review)
Week of November 14, 2011: Paley & Francis - Paley & Francis (review)
Week of November 7, 2011: Napoleon - Napoleon (review)
Week of October 31, 2011: M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (review)
Week of October 24, 2011: Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams (review)
Week of October 17, 2011: Pursesnatchers - A Pattern Language (review)
Week of October 10, 2011: Feist - Metals (review)
Week of October 3, 2011: Wilco - The Whole Love (review)
Week of September 26, 2011: The Muppets - The Green Album (review)
Week of September 19, 2011: Wild Flag - Wild Flag (review)
Week of September 12, 2011: Courtesy Tier - The Resolution (review)
Week of September 5, 2011: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Mirror Traffic (review)
Week of August 29, 2011: Washed Out - Within and Without (review)
Week of August 22, 2011: Liturgy - Aesthethica (review)
Week of August 15, 2011: Beirut - The Riptide (review)
Week of August 8, 2011: Rubblebucket - Omega La La (review)
Week of August 1, 2011: The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low (review)
Week of July 25, 2011: Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital (review)
Week of July 18, 2011: Hooray For Earth - True Loves (review)
Week of July 11, 2011: TV On the Radio - Nine Types of Light (review)
Week of July 4, 2011: Moby - Destroyed (review)
Week of June 27, 2011: Thievery Corporation - Culture of Fear (review)
Week of June 20, 2011: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - It's a Corporate World (review)
Week of June 13, 2011: Sondre Lerche - Sondre Lerche (review)
Week of June 6, 2011: The Antlers - Burst Apart (review)
Week of May 30, 2011: Sloan - The Double Cross (review)
Week of May 23, 2011: Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip (review)
Week of May 16, 2011: Fredrik - Flora (review)
Week of May 9, 2011: Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 (review)
Week of May 2, 2011: The Raveonettes - Raven In the Grave (review)
Week of April 25, 2011: Chemical Brothers - Hanna Soundtrack (review)
Week of April 18, 2011: J Mascis - Several Shades of Why (review)
Week of April 11, 2011: Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some (review)
Week of April 4, 2011: Bull Thieves - Bull Thieves (review)
Week of March 28, 2011: Adele - 21 (review)
Week of March 21, 2011: Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence (review)
Week of March 14, 2011: The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing (review)
Week of March 7, 2011: The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (review)
Week of February 28, 2011: James Blake - James Blake (review)
Week of February 21, 2011: PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (review)
Week of February 14, 2011: Lia Ices - Grown Unknown (review)
Week of February 7, 2011: The Vitrolum Republic - For Highbrow Sideshows and Rowboat Serenades (review)
Week of January 31, 2011: Chikita Violenta - TRE3S (review)
Week of January 24, 2011: Pomegranates - One of Us (review)
Week of January 17, 2011: British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall (review)
Week of January 10, 2011: Gorillaz - The Fall (review)
Week of January 3, 2011: Midnight Juggernauts - The Crystal Axis (review)
Week of December 27, 2010: Junip - Fields (review)
Week of December 20, 2010: Daft Punk - Tron Legacy Soundtrack (review)
Week of December 13, 2010: Grinderman - Grinderman 2 (review)
Week of December 6, 2010: Eels - Tomorrow Morning (review)
Week of November 29, 2010: Leif Vollebekk - Inland (review)
Week of November 22, 2010: Kid Cudi - Man On the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (review)
Week of November 15, 2010: Clinic - Bubblegum (review)
Week of November 8, 2010: Matt & Kim - Sidewalks (review)
Week of November 1, 2010: Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest (review)
Week of October 25, 2010: Electric Six - Zodiac (review)
Week of October 18, 2010: Motel Motel - The Big Island (review)
Week of October 11, 2010: James - The Morning After The Night Before (review)
Week of October 4, 2010: The Acorn - No Ghost (review)
Week of September 27, 2010: Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (review)
Week of September 20, 2010: Superchunk - Majesty Shredding (review)
Week of September 13, 2010: Land of Talk - Cloak and Cipher (review)
Week of September 6, 2010: Dan Mangan - Nice, Nice, Very Nice (review)
Week of August 30, 2010: Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard (review)
Week of August 23, 2010: CocoRosie - Grey Oceans (review)
Week of August 16, 2010: Admiral Radley - I Heart California (review)
Week of August 9, 2010: The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (review)
Week of August 2, 2010: Autolux - Transit Transit (review)
Week of July 26, 2010: The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards (review)
Week of July 19, 2010: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo (review)
Week of July 12, 2010: LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (review)
Week of July 5, 2010: Murder By Death - Good Morning, Magpie (review)
Week of June 28, 2010: Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts (review)
Week of June 21, 2010: The Prids - Chronosynclastic (review)
Week of June 14, 2010: Foals - Total Life Forever (review)
Week of June 7, 2010: The Dig - Electric Toys (review)
Week of May 31, 2010: The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme (review)
Week of May 24, 2010: The National - High Violet (review)
Week of May 17, 2010: The New Pornographers - Together (review)
Week of May 10, 2010: Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record (review)
Week of May 3, 2010: Brasstronaut - Mt. Chimaera (review)
Week of April 26, 2010: Twin Sister - Color Your Life (review)
Week of April 19, 2010: La Strada - New Home (review)
Week of April 12, 2010: David Myles - Turn Time Off (review)
Week of April 5, 2010: Jonsi - Go (review)
Week of March 29, 2010: Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (review)
Week of March 22, 2010: Washed Out - Life of Leisure (review)
Week of March 15, 2010: Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth (review)
Week of March 8, 2010: Nomen Novum - Go Primal EP (review)
Week of March 1, 2010: Electric President - The Violent Blue (review)
Week of February 22, 2010: Shout Out Louds - Work (review)
Week of February 15, 2010: The Go Find - Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight (review)
Week of February 8, 2010: Hot Chip - One Life Stand (review)
Week of February 1, 2010: Beach House - Teen Dream (review)
Week of January 25, 2010: Spoon - Transference (review)
Week of January 18, 2010: Owen Pallett - Heartland (review)
Week of January 11, 2010: Dawn Landes - Sweet Heart Rodeo (review)
Week of January 4, 2010: Parkas - You Should Have Killed Us When You Had the Chance (review)
Week of December 28, 2009: Girls - Album (review)
Week of December 21, 2009: Caspian - Tertia (review)
Week of December 14, 2009: Fanfarlo - Reservoir (review)
Week of December 7, 2009: Norah Jones - The Fall (review)
Week of November 30, 2009: Thanksgiving week - no album reviews
Week of November 23, 2009: Shany Kedar - Bloodlines (review)
Week of November 16, 2009: Grant-Lee Phillips - Little Moon (review)
Week of November 9, 2009: Grant Hart - Hot Wax (review)
Week of November 2, 2009: Land of Talk - Fun and Laughter EP (review)
Week of October 26, 2009: Electric Tickle Machine - Blew It Again (review)
Week of October 19, 2009: The Seedy Seeds - Count the Days (review)
Week of October 12, 2009: Middle Distance Runner - The Sun & Earth (review)
Week of October 5, 2009: Taken By Trees - East of Eden (review)
Week of September 28, 2009: The xx - xx (review)
Week of September 21, 2009: Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Through the Devil Softly (review)
Week of September 14, 2009: Noah & The Whale - The First Days of Spring (review)
Week of September 7, 2009: The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love (review)
Week of August 31, 2009: The Postmarks - Memoirs At The End of the World (review)
Week of August 24, 2009: Mew - No More Stories/Are Told Today/I'm Sorry/They Washed Away//No More Stories/The World Is Grey/I'm Tired/Let's Wash Away (review)
Week of August 17, 2009: Jones Street Station - In Verses (review)
Week of August 10, 2009: Drug Rug - Paint the Fence Invisble (review)
Week of August 3, 2009: We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls (review)
Week of July 27, 2009: The Danks - Are You Afraid of The Danks? (review)
Week of July 20, 2009: The Morning After Girls - Alone (review)
Week of July 13, 2009: stellastarr* - Civilized (review)
Week of July 6, 2009: Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (review)
Week of June 29, 2009: Regina Spektor - Far (review)
Week of June 22, 2009: Cracker - Sunrise In the Land of Milk and Honey (review)
Week of June 15, 2009: Illinois - The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe (Deluxe Edition) (review)
Week of June 8, 2009: The Features - Some Kind of Salvation (review)
Week of June 1, 2009: Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us (review)
Week of May 25, 2009: White Rabbits - It's Frightening (review)
Week of May 18, 2009: Art Brut - Art Brut Vs. Satan (review)
Week of May 11, 2009: St. Vincent - Actor (review)
Week of May 4, 2009: The Life and Times - The Life and Times (review)
Week of April 27, 2009: Great Northern - Remind Me Where the Light Is (review)
Week of April 20, 2009: The Felice Brothers - Yonder Is the Clock (review)
Week of April 13, 2009: The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love (review)
Week of April 6, 2009: I Monster - A Dense Swarm of Ancient Stars (review)
Week of March 30, 2009: Röyksopp - Junior (review)
Week of March 23, 2009: SXSW week - no album reviews
Week of March 16, 2009: Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health (review)
Week of March 9, 2009: Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (review)
Week of March 2, 2009: Gentleman Reg - Jet Black (review)
Week of February 23, 2009: Plushgun - Pins and Panzers (review)
Week of February 16, 2009: Charles Spearin - The Happiness Project (review)
Week of February 9, 2009: Various Artists - Dark Was the Night (review)