In 140 Characters: Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again

Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again:  

When complex sounds simple and simple sounds complex.  

140 Character Review: Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan

Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan:

Soul music in a post OK Computer world.

140 Character Review: John Mayer - Born and Raised

John Mayer - Born and Raised:

Easy listening as a compliment and a criticism.
Over repentance in musical form. 

140 Character Review: Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts

Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts: 

When the one who leaves gets to keep the cooler sound of loneliness. 

140 Character Review: Heatless Bastards - Arrow

Heartless Bastards - Arrow:

Like leaning close to your lovers humid cheek just as they're leaving,

only to start another fight.

140 Character Review: Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas

Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas:

The poetry spoken by the darkened city streets after an old man turns,

 and sees the lights flicker out. 

140 Character Review: Chairlift - Something

Chairlift - Something: 

The sound of splashing in an ankle deep puddle of synth

balanced by the reality of getting wet. 

140 Character Review: Amadou & Mariam - Dougou Badia

Amadou & Mariam - Dougou Badia: 

Evidence that music has a self-propelling force.  

Making music for the reward of making music.

140 Character Review: Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks

Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks:

Joe Cocker is to himself as the saddle is to the horse.

Topping Christian rock stations soon (excluding "I Hope").

140 Character Record Review: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Area 52

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Area 52:

Kept in a case that reads:

May Spontaneously Combust.

Use only to incite uninhibited dancing and mass joy.

140 Character Record Review: Laura Gibson - La Grande

Laura Gibson - La Grande:

Fully developed like an older sister;

one that Zooey Deschanel et. al. can aspire to be.

140 Character Record Review - Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur

Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur:

Beautifully filling the cracks between genres with substance,

but without breaking any molds.

140 Character Record Review: The Little Willies - For The Good Times

The Little Willies - For The Good Times: 

When are covers not covers? 
When musicianship doesn't allow imitation.

140 Character Record Review: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul Time!

Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Soul Time!: 

Soul like a birthmark that can't be covered; 

funky even when she doesn't wanna be. 

140 Character Record Review - Ben Sollee - Inclusions

Ben Sollee - Inclusions:

Cellist frontman uses tempo above folk/jazz/classical
genres to pace strokes of human moods

140 Character Record Review - Bon Iver - "Bon Iver"

Bon Iver - Bon Iver:

When technology creates distances greater than a cabin in the woods

140 Character Record Review: Sarah Jarosz - Follow Me Down

Sarah Jarosz – Follow Me Down:

Newgrass newbie sings airy freshness like the smell of 

dewy, newly cut grass on a spring morning

140 Character Record Review: Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'

Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin':
Soul energy enough to Mo a town while
bench pressing Stax of dance floors 

140 Character Record Review: tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l

tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l: 

 Assured songbird beats wings over Africa/Bklyn/Caribbean;

lands to jump on soundboard, record migratory pattern

140 Character Record Review: Panda Bear - Tomboy

Panda Bear – Tomboy:

Swaddling by a tanning bed; 

Like showering in a suspended glittery mist of refrain