Snapshot Reviews 2-18 (re-post)

The Knife - Silent Shout: Atmosphere! Imagine being trapped in a block of ice, with music being piped in somehow. It would sound something like this album. A score for the claustrophobic, this is, but I don't mean that in a negative way. It's easy to dismiss the sound they are going for after a brief listen, but once you listen to it all the way through a few times the combination of crinkly-pop synth beats and muted/stressed vocals of Karin Dreijer Andersson seep into your brain, channeled like an icepick to the nerve centers that control your feet. Best tracks: "Like a Pen", "We Share Our Mother's Health", "Neverland", "F as in Knife". Recommended.

Ms. John Soda - Notes and the Like: This band is the lovechild of Couch and the Notwist. It sounds a lot like a logical follow-up to the last Notwist album, Neon Golden. The songs have a little more structure here than their last outing, and the album flows better overall. Will it make a dent on the American radio landscape? Probably not, and that's too bad; there are actually a couple possibly radio-friendly tunes on here. Though the pace can be a little timid at times, the tracking of the album is designed to keep any lulls froms lasting too long; a good move. Favorite tracks: "No. One", "Outlined View", "Plenty of". Get this one.

Belong - October Language: Instrumental, moody, dark, music to sit in a room and think about depressing things like the state of the world or the fact that you have a pile of laundry to wash. This record is getting some decent reviews [Pitchfork], [Prefix], [Barcodezine], and I am failing to hear why. Skip it.

v.o.r.t.e.x.02.06

...quite a bit and will as long as she plays the [noun], as a good [noun] only lasts about two weeks before it [verb] or gets too [adjective] to [verb] through. She'll [verb] each one and test it by [verb] through it without the [noun] attached; the [noun] it makes is pretty much beyond description.
And it is earlier than usual, but February is a short month, so let's jump in and wade around til the jello starts to stain us red; I haven't slept so soundly in years, my dreams have plots and stage direction, nobody appreciates sacrifice anymore, I am puzzled by the world.

Name your stoner rock band

George started this thread today; here are the results:

Dorrito heaven
Lost remotes
Brant's locked out
cable warriors
the munchies
lighting field trip
the eagle has landed
driveway wallets
the california resins
i-pot 420
the gutter keys / hole in your pocket
yes officer?
Cone
Lost Car
3Footer
Espresso shake
bongwater
roach motel
keebler
baked out of my gourd
jota
The Brownie Bunch
just for reefer-ence
Blunt 182
the no seeds!
Spliff Attack
Soap Bar Heaven
Paki Black Sabbath
The Oversized Rolling Papers – aka Rizla Crew
Hubbly Bubblies
The Hyperventilating Rising Blowbacks
Pounded like a Turtle!
i'm the button dude...you're dead
D.J. Cloud & Shady
Grassyass
Second deck dealer
the slow wonder