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.
The Brass Kings
Washboard Rope Guitar
Buddy Miller
Universal United House of Prayer
BETH ORTON
Comfort of Strangers
Caroline Aiken
Broken Wings Heal
Various Artists
Sail Away-The Songs of Randy Newman
JESSE HARRIS
Mineral
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