ZETH LUNDY

Replacements | Rhino Reissues

ZETH LUNDY — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:32:41 GMT

Tim + Pleased To Meet Me + Don’t Tell A Soul + All Shook Down | Rhino (2008)
Rhino’s second and concluding batch of Replacements reissues charts the Minneapolis band’s Great Descent from the heights of rock-and-roll nihilism to the pit of MOR blah.

Ben Folds | Way To Normal

ZETH LUNDY — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:08:41 GMT

Epic (2008)
His attitude may remain young at heart, but his irony’s over the hill.

Calexico: Carried to Dust

ZETH LUNDY — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:06:55 GMT

Quarterstick
True to its title, Carried to Dust moves along with wraith-like grace, a haunting and beautiful drift of songs about codebreakers, gravebound ghosts, and stars that “shone in slowness.”

Randy Newman

ZETH LUNDY — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:31:20 GMT

Harps + Angels | Nonesuch
As welcome as it is to have Newman’s acerbic wit back, it remains a singular pleasure to listen to a simple, devastating ballad like “Losing You.”

The Major Labels

ZETH LUNDY — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:59:13 GMT

Aquavia | Self-released
You can play Spot the Beatles throughout this one.

Beck

ZETH LUNDY — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:44:00 GMT

Modern Guilt | DGC
It’s music for summer nights of muggy confusion and post-sunset soul searching, and when Beck takes the mic, he rocks some straight-up Shiva shit.

Ratatat | LP3

ZETH LUNDY — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:11:19 GMT

XL
It's some kind of cosmic machine music, reflecting not just a stoner’s world of internalized minimalist headbanging but an entire universe of culture, texture, and possibility.

Shearwater

ZETH LUNDY — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:57:10 GMT

Rook | Matador
To fans of the Austin band, this is all par for the beautiful but eerie course.

Elvis Costello and the Imposters

ZETH LUNDY — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:46:10 GMT

Momofuku | Lost Highway
“I’m a limited primitive kind of man,” Costello sings in “Drum & Bone,” and for better and worse, that’s the truth.