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It’s that time of week. It’s time for me to spread good music to all, kind of like giving out factory-sealed candy to children at hospitals, but obviously less noble. This edition might be longer because I got a slew of new stuff last week.

Band of the Moment:

South: DJ Tanner introduced them to me. They are good. Think Brit Pop or Radiohead/Wilco.

Albums of the moment:

Annie – Anniemal:

I had first heard of Annie in an interview on Pitchfork, which, by the way, is a website I visit from time to time. Ever open-minded to “pop” music, I legally downloaded this album on eMusic. Let me say this: this album, more than any other album I’ve heard in the last year, makes me feel like I’m an 8-year-old girl in the ‘80s. You can’t put a price on that, so I feel no shame in “buying” this album.

Sleater-Kinney – One Beat:

I had always heard great things about Sleater-Kinney. Until recently, I didn’t own any of their albums and had only heard a few of their songs. Finally, I decided that I had to get one of their full-lengths. However, since I didn’t want to be a bandwagon fan, I got this album and not The Woods. I’m just that cool, people (that’s a joke).

Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies – Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; the Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness:

Until last week, I thought the most pretentious album titles ever were Fiona Apple’s When the Pawn… and Coheed’s Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness. As it turns out, I might have to stick Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies up there, too. They play a pretty cool mix of post-rock, post-hardcore, and math rock. Genres are helpful, right? I think these guys are fairly obscure, which automatically helps my lackluster hipster cred.

Mecca Normal – The Observer:

I reviewed this album for WVFI. It’s this weird lo-fi rock with feminist, stream-of-consciousness lyrics about all sorts of crazy stuff. One song alone goes from talking about a shopping list to sexual anecdotes.

Protest the Hero – Kezia:

Another WVFI album review for me, Protest the Hero is a Canadian group with metalcore and prog-metal leanings. Or so, I’ll lead you to believe. Their songs are divided into movements like the Mars Volta, and they love their Roman Numerals like Coheed and Cambria. Apparently, they won some Canadian award for Best Indie Metal Group, beating out my beloved Alexisonfire. But let’s not kid ourselves—even with the cover art on their first album, Alexisonfire isn’t that great.

Proof that I’m not a hipster:

I listened to all of my Billy Joel stuff the other day.

Band I get to make fun of thanks to the anonymity of the Internet:

Keeping with the format of my first CGtM, I have to inexplicably bash a band in an attempt to help my notoriously low self-esteem. This week, Avenged Sevenfold will meet my ire for no reason whatsoever. These guys play a pretty wussy brand of metalcore, but that’s redundant, I guess. Furthermore, an album title like City of Evil is so ridiculous it can only be found in the genre of heavy metal. Those guitar solos are embarrassingly cheesy and remind me of ‘80s metal, that thing we’ve been trying to forget for the last 20 years. As a typical comment at Ultimate Guitar might read, .

CDs I would buy this week if I had a job:
Built to Spill – You In Reverse:
Good guitar music that isn’t cheesy. How is that possible?

Pretty Girls Make Graves – Elan Vital:
Will they sound eerily similar for the third album in a row?

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