Aderbat - Man Overboard

Andrew: Nice, slow pop… like Spoon is kind of depressed. Understated, lovely and full of character.
Augustine: If you're aderbat, you picked the wrong girl. Oasis, Beatles, Al Stewart.
James: Weepy, emotional meek stuff that probably doesn't eat meat or go out in sunlight.
Pauli Girl: Anagram is Bad Tear. State band for a nation of eunichs.

The Atomica Project - Grayscale

Andrew: Massive Attack style trip-hop vibes. Nice laid-back grooves and brilliant production. Nice voice.
Augustine: Atmospheric, operatic boogie music with vocals dry as my taint.
James: Evannescence, but who gives a shit? I'm learning about drama club right now.
Pauli Girl: Music to take slow drugs to after being in a club all night… really?

The Atomic Atoms - Electrophile

Andrew: Some dudes trying to be punkish, but winding up alt.country/blues style… a bit droll.
Augustine: Started out all Libertines if they loved Elvis, but took an odd school talent show turn.
James: Rockabilly w/ The Go twist.
Pauli Girl: Wilco wants their riffs back, please.

Eric Avery - Help Wanted

Andrew: Sounds vaguely Filter-ish, slow, atmospheric and beautiful. Stunning production and brilliant writing. Incredible.
Augustine: Black Tape For A Blue Girl. No, really. Better than Perry Farrell, but kinda Rat Pack.
James: Meandering, wonderfully produced, goes nowhere.
Pauli Girl: Sounds nothing like Janes Addiction… better, though.

Charlie Barnard - Ivory Serpents & The Starving Tree

Andrew: Like Bob Dylan at times… other times, suck. Excellent lyricist, horrible singer. Sound familiar?
Augustine: Just like Dylan, he's better acoustic. Odd vocal phrasing. I like it real decent.
James: Fucking blue.
Pauli Girl: Listening to this makes you lose muscle control and slump over lifeless.

Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward

Andrew: Adolescent Joan Jett pop… gutsy guitars, mathy drumming, angsty garbage. Nice legs.
Augustine: Neurotic punk, which is how No Doubt SHOULD sound. Roller derby beat down.
James: Fun, upbeat girl pop stitched to a punk backbone.
Pauli Girl: Re-imagined Concrete Blonde with less talent but still listen worthy.

Bigelf - Cheat The Gallows

Andrew: Pink Floyd's orchestration with Ozzy's voice. Some serious musicality wasted on stoners and hessions.
Augustine: Linda Perry worked on this… she gave dude her top hat. Still Turbonegro.
James: Top hats, beards, mega-riffs and pillows made from pelts.
Pauli Girl: This band has grown musically… throwing in more organ and groove and lightening up a bit.

Blood Red Sun - A Nation Of Saviors

Andrew: Dark and heavy rock/pop… like Soundgarden and Fury, only younger… which means not as good.
Augustine: Simple Joy Division sounds. Singer scrambling for a melody. Decent formerly alternative. Pretty dramatic.
James: A little Afghan Whigs, a little Panic! At The Disco.
Pauli Girl: Fall Out Boy, Atom bomb Kids, Get Up Kids, My Chemical Romance, New York City.

Scott Ellison - Ice Storm

Andrew: Textbook blues record - great tones, excellent musicianship. Less soul than I want in the blues.
Augustine: Very standard electric blues. Thought he was taking us to funky town.
James: Slick blues, punchy percussion and bass.
Pauli Girl: Everything sounds great except the marbles in dude's mouth. What's he talking about?

Eric Hogg - Origins Unknown

Andrew: Jellyfish style pop, only darker & more introspective. Brian Wilson-style vocals, nice guitars. Maybe Squeeze.
Augustine: 70's prog-folk. Even Rennies want to give him a turkey leg suppository.
James: Styx & Genesis from Trick Of The Tail era weirdness.
Pauli Girl: Beatles & Focus inspired folk prog. Could grow on you, sorta like Spanish moss.

Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light

Andrew: Indie Strokes… only much harder and faster, kind of mathy, horrible girl singer, great drummer.
Augustine: Insane high-energy punk wave. Los Campesinos! Carther The Unstoppable Hell Yeah! Great drumming.
James: Pretty good rock-pop. Totally frantic.
Pauli Girl: Somewhere, there is a support group for all the electrons that were abused to make this.

Oren Lavie - The Opposite Side Of The Sea

Andrew: Super mellow orchestral pop, similar to Nick Drake or Duncan Sheik. Lush and beautiful.
Augustine: The Jazz singer/songwriter. Seductive whispering, lively rhythms, soothing atmosphere, fantastic tones.
James: Not the renowned Satanist I originally mistook him for.
Pauli Girl: Imagine the bastard love-child of Suzanne Vega and Tom Waits.

Paper Route - Are We All Forgotten

Andrew: Gritty, indie Postal Service… same cadence & lyrical obscurity… but sings like Coldplay guy. Nice.
Augustine: Sounds like Death Cab unless you like Death Cab. Shmaltzy pop with allman Brothers tendencies.
James: Radioplay, Coldhead.
Pauli Girl: This is like Barry Manilow for the current "emo" age.

Rurik - Re-Education

Andrew: Semi-industrial noise rock with Broadway flair. Then they turn into Elton John, only mathy.
Augustine: Turbonegro meets Alien Sex Fiend. Bombastic high-speed song collages. Quite right.
James: Mr. Bungle w/ melodies. Heavily influenced by Faith No More. B+.
Pauli Girl: Residents rule, ok?

Rachel Sage - Chandelier

Andrew: Introspective piano pop with a definite Tori Amos feel… But less obtuse, more listenable.
Augustine: It's nice and all, in a Michelle Branch way. Sweetened artificially with Aspartame.
James: Tori Amos-ish, with a violin - makes me feel like a batterer.
Pauli Girl: Musical equivalent of a chick flick. Overprocessed Tori Amos-ish vocals & violins.

Shift F7 - Crimson Diablo

Andrew: Dead Artists Syndrome/Gutter Twins with a weird artsy poetry and uber-goth feel. Down-key, trancey.
Augustine: Does for Sisters Of Mercy what the Mansions did for Bauhaus. Very fucking hot.
James: Lots of very cool elements, Type-O Negative & GVSB & Iggy Pop. Spooky & beautiful, really cool.
Pauli Girl: Not only a keystroke that will change what you type to phonetic Japanese, it's cool stream of consciousness spoken & sung originality.

Speaker Speaker - Call It Off

Andrew: If I were in high school, I would love this. Predictable pop-punk. Sounds good, nice art.
Augustine: High-speed geek rock. Gets the annoying done in half the time.
James: Probably pretty good but I have introduced a theological discussion centered around Krom, the god of the earth.
Pauli Girl: Low budget Rapid Eye Movement. ie. Music for the cranially asleep.