Best Albums of 2008: #40 to #31

by Mike Mineo ———————————————————————————————– 40. Kristoffer Ragnstam – Wrong Side of the Room We all knew that it was only a matter of time

Best Albums of 2008: #50 to #41

by Mike Mineo ———————————————————————————————– 50. Hot Chip – Made in the Dark Before they earned a Grammy nod or topped the UK singles charts,

Mason Proper

It says a lot about a band’s confidence when they opt to choose the most natural settings possible for the recording of their music.

It’s a Dark Dark Dark World

Within the packaging of their debut album, the Minneapolis-based Dark Dark Dark opted to include an eight-page booklet of photographs that featured a few

I am Robot and Proud

In the midst of all the experimental methodical techniques found in contemporary electronic music, there is one ideology that tends to occasionally go overlooked:

The Happy Hollows

It was pretty startling to me that, after listening to only one track from The Happy Hollows, I was able to draw comparisons to

Land of Talk

I have little doubt that even a mere connection with Justin Vernon, better known as Bon Iver, would create enough buzz for an aspiring

Late of the Pier

Though nowadays the majority of younger students seem to value how loud a song is as opposed to its actual melodic aptitude, it was