eMusic Archives: September 2010
Swans, My Father Will Guide M…
For his first LP under the Swans banner in 14 years, frontman Michael Gir… more »
Sharon Van Etten, Epic…
"Never let myself love like that again," Sharon Van Etten vows over and o… more »
Muse, Origin Of Symmetry…
Muse's 2001 follow-up to its debut, Showbiz, had a long road to the U… more »
Six Degrees of Heart’s …
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
SFJAZZ Collective, Live 2010:…
Since its founding in 2004, the SF Jazz Collective has distinguished itse… more »
Icon: The Notorious B.I.G.
It’s not that he was the first storyteller. Or the first vulnerable… more »
John Legend & The Roots,…
Here in the 21st century, where R&B artists chief concern tends to be… more »
Marching Band, Pop Cycle Nake…
If their debut album was light and airy and effervescent, Marching Band… more »
Die Like A Dog Quartet, Die L…
The Complete Fmp Recordings, in short, is comprised of well over four hou… more »
A Bad Think, Sara Lee…
While his past projects may inform former Flock of Seagulls drummer Micha… more »
The Young Scamels, Tempest…
The Young Scamels features the core players from the groundbreaking post-… more »
The Notorious B.I.G., Duets: …
The case for letting sleeping dogs lie. This final posthumous release gar… more »
The Notorious B.I.G., Life Af…
Released just 16 days after his March 9 death by drive-by shooting, there… more »
Elliott Smith, An Introductio…
Cut down in his prime, Elliott Smith nevertheless created a wealth of bea… more »
The Soft Boys, Underwater Moo…
Start with this disc from his '70s band to enter the delightfully cra… more »
Grinderman, Grinderman 2…
With tasteful, often genteel, bands like Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend and… more »
Emma Donoghue, Room
The creepiest book of the year, with great doses of humanity Emma Donoghu… more »
Cerrone, Cerrone Culture (Bes…
After Silver Convention's "Fly Robin Fly" and Donna Summer's "Lov… more »
The Notorious B.I.G., Ready T…
Hagiography has always been paramount to hip-hop. But what do you call de… more »
The Notorious B.I.G., Born Ag…
By 1999, Bad Boy Records had begun a slow descent, from the mountaintop o… more »
Machine Drum, Let It – …
The rapper Melo-X has a twisty, motor-mouth, stuttering flow — the … more »
The Church, Deep In The Shall…
To commemorate their 30th anniversary, Australian rockers the Church have… more »
Susan Casey, The Wave…
Mixes admiration for elite athletes with terrified respect for Mother Nat… more »
Ólöf Arnalds
After a year that included an avalanche of critical praise as well as per… more »


