2009-05-11
Zach Vinson's Cracked Open is a fun power-pop record full of catchy hooks and fun guitar-pop, with the occasional slower number like "All the Sins of Men" and "Locked Outside". Through and through it's pretty fun and energetic, with songs like the rocking opener "Little Birdie", the piano laden "So Much to Blame", and the danceable "Christee Christee", which is further proof that there aren't any songs with girls names in the title that don't rule.
Various Artists
A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver Live
NEIL YOUNG
FORK IN THE ROAD
LARA EWEN AND THE UNSTRUNG ORCHESTRA
Ghosts and Gasoline
BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN
Back to Love
MARK ERELLI
Hope and Other Casualties
BRUCE COCKBURN
Life Short Call Now
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