2009-03-09
This is the 3rd album by the Scot-popsters named for the ill-fated Archduke of Austria. This one’s been panned by critics a bit but mostly because of the high expectations their first two raised. This, to me, sounds like Franz Ferdinand (without a giant hit within) - Sort of New Wave-ish, British-accented, power pop. On the ‘YCE Rock scale, I’d give it a 7.4 - Gladden
JOHN HIATT
THE OPEN ROAD
MARK KNOPFLER
KILL TO GET CRIMSON
SMILE SMILE
Blue Roses
DJ SUN
One Hundred
Chris Robinson & the New Earth Mud
This Magnificent Distance
NUTTIN BUT STRINGZ
Struggle From the Subway to the Charts
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