“How’m I gonna see/Where you coming from/If you keep, keeping me in the dark.”  In The Dark, is a straight forward rock album, in every sense of the word.  It comes complete with big, hooky choruses, gigantic guitars, and gargantuan guitar riffs.  The Whigs toured endlessly in ’08 and in ’09, and these songs show…

The National have made an album this year that is brooding and hopeful.  In between all those darkly painted corners, there is now, a brush stroke of  bright light.  All of those conversions that Matt Berninger has with his audience of loss and regret, seem to be ripe with acceptance on High Violet.  I am…

What can I say?  These little bloodsuckers deserved the top honors, but were nudged down a spot, by the Local Natives, to #2.  This album plays like ten hit singles, back to back.  It brings back the pop sentiments of Paul Simon, and the punkiness of the Clash, while throwing in their own fresh twists…

Though there are a few weeks left before we ring in the new year, my choice for album of 2010 has long been cemented by those west coast natives, who brought us “Gorilla Manor.” The Local Natives released a monster record this year, that contained everything needed for endless listens and hours of enjoyment.  They…