Rating:4.5/10
CSS continues to extend their records. Second album Donkey , which was produced by band member Adriano Cintra and mixed by Mark "Spike" (M.I.A., Massive Attack, and Bjork), cuts down listener in first half of the LP. They seem to be tired of being a band despite their name "tired of being sexy" (which means of CSS in Portuguese). Opening song "Jager Yoga" borrows heavily from Ladytron indie electronic sound. Crunching disco rhythms like the night club song "Let's Reggae All Night" also can disturb any person having knowledge about disco music. And while highligths of the record hard to pick here because of boring indie rock-disco combo, "Give Up" is another Ladytron-ish new recurrent CSS track. "Beautiful Song" proves that Donkey has very similar tunes with 604 which is one of the best Ladytron record.

This band tries to figure dance rock music behind Avril Lavigne-like vocals (Left Behind), and Donkey barely sounds good and cool. Some powerful songs like Move and I Fly can't save from harm whole record alone.

Highlights: Beautiful Song, Move, I Fly
CSS - Left Behind

Rating: 6.5/10
As garage rock and indie rock band from The States, The Walkmen still pushes their vocals and music so loud on this one. The record was titled as You & Me, it says that there is something romantic but heavy Tom Waits and some Randy Newman influences (especially vocals of Hamilton Leithauser). The best thing about You & Me is that it's totally different than other same and same indie rock bands. But, in the same time, Oh god!, this is too heavy for many music listeners, it's slow and too heavy. Still, debut "Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone" remains as their best and the most ambitious record. "We've Been Had" from that record is a must-have, unique track, and on "You & Me" there is a song named "In the New Year" which recalls "We've Been Had" a bit. Nearly closing "I Lost You" hypnotizes you such as the best thing this band did.

It's a record which stays between A Hundred Miles Off (2006) and Bows + Arrows (2004). If you like other albums with The Walkmen, this goes well together with them.

Highlights: In the New Year, The Blue Route, I Lost You

The Walkmen - In the New Year

Other albums by The Walkmen
The Walkmen - Pussy Cats

Rating: 5.5/10
I love Beck, because he doesn't make his music in always the same direction, he love using different musical thoughts in the same time, in same record. Plus, Beck hasn't got any garbage record. However first four songs are good, and i couldn't remember the others song despite my sixth spin. This sounds a bit old-fashioned and ordinary, repetitive. Some Lo-Fi, electronic, rock and dance beats in this and then this is another Beck record, no surprise and no letdown.

Beck - Modern Guilt

Highlights: Modern Guilt, Chemtrails, Walls

other Beck records:
Beck - The Information
Beck - Stray Blues
Beck - Guero

Rating: 7/10
Melodia cools down you, the fourth album of The Vines, australian rock band. Especially lowing and rising on many songs make this record to sound cool. Melodi doesn't seem overdosed or assertive, it's exactly a nice rock record. Love sweet the melodies:

Manger: brings smooth guitar pop music.

Hey: not a pixies cover, amazing vocal works well on the song.

Braindead: this song rocks hard, strong guitar, strong lyrics.

A Girl I Knew: the song tell what i expect from a record. there must me down and happy moments. this is the record will make listeners pleased. of couse there may be some extraordinary moments as well.

Scream: it's almost rock music or grunge i had to say?. Scream If You Wanna Go Faster (Geri Halliwell record), oh shitty i am.

She Is Gone: closes the album up, an oasis like slow guitar pop but it works!

The Vines - She Is Gone

other albums by The Vines:
The Vines - Highly Evolved
The Vines - Vision Valley
The Vines - Winning Days

Rating: 10/10
I always thought that Thom Yorke should collaborate with some shoegaze gods to make strong his druggy style. Then i think my dreams become true! This druggy voice merges with Kevin Shields' matchless layered musical thoughts.

The result is simply mind-blowing, every version of Edun, Shields, Yorke and Ambient Super Fuzz Drone edits move rhythmically to music in space. This is not close to any Radiohead or My Bloody Valentine songs, totally original!

I was just joking. Edun is the music is MBV's "Instrumental B" reversed as Thom's vocals, with effect of noise over it (thanks for the info Kevin). It is not an official release. Neither Radiohead nor My Bloody Valentine has announced this as a collaboration. so, my score goes:
Rating: 4/10

Thom Yorke - Edun

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