Rob's Music Review: August 2011 Albums

•Ace Hood-Blood Sweat & Tears (4 Stars). Rap/Hip-Hop. Def Jam (Label).
•Active Child-You Are All I See (4 and ½ Stars). Indie Pop. Vagrant (Label).
•Bad Sports-Kings of the Weekend (4 Stars). Indie Rock. Dirtnap (Label).
•Boston Spaceships-Let It Beard (4 and ½ Stars). Indie Rock. Guided By Voices (Label).
•Candye Kane with Laura Chavez-Sister Vagabond (4 Stars). Blues. Delta Groove (Label).
•Charles "Packy" Axton-Late Late Party 1965-1967 (4 Stars). R&B. Compilation. Light in the Attic Records (Label).
•Doug Benson-Potty Mouth (4 Stars). Comedy. Comedy Central (Label).
•Glen Campbell-Ghost on the Canvas (3 and ½ Stars). Country. Surfdog (Label).
•Hercules & Love Affair-Blue Songs (4 Stars). Electronic. Moshi Moshi (Label).
•Jacuzzi Boys-Glazin' (4 Stars). Indie Rock. Hardly Art (Label).
•Lenny Kravitz-Black and White America (4 and ½ Stars). Rock. Roadrunner Records (Label).
•Male Bonding-Endless Now (4 Stars). Indie Rock. Sub Pop (Label).
•Marc Maron-This Has to Be Funny (4 Stars). Comedy. Comedy Central (Label).
•Mariachi El Bronx-Mariachi El Bronx (II) (4 and ½ Stars). Indie Rock. ATO (Label).
•Mickey Newbury-An American Trilogy: Looks like Rain/Mabel Frisco Joy/ Heaven Help the Child (4 and ½ Stars). Country. Compilation/Box Set. Drag City (Label).
•Omar Souleyman-Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts (4 Stars). International. Sublime Frequencies (Label).
•Patti Smith-Outside Society: Looking Back 1975-2007 (4 Stars). Rock. Compilation. Sony Music (Label).
•Richard Buckner-Our Blood (4 Stars). Folk. Merge (Label).
•Robert Earl Keen, Jr.-Ready for Confetti (4 Stars). Folk. Universal (Label).
•Sanchez-Love You More (4 Stars). Reggae. VP Records (Label).
•Stephanie Mills-Feel the Fire: The 20th Century Collection (4 and ½ Stars). R&B. Compilation. Hip-O Select (Label).
•Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks-Mirror Traffic (4 and ½ Stars). Indie Rock. Matador (Label).
•The Cool Kids-When Fish Ride Bicycles (4 Stars). Rap/Hip-Hop. Green Label Sounds (Label).
•The Ettes-Wicked Will (4 Stars). Punk. Varese Fontana (Label).
•The Foreign Exchange-Connected (4 Stars). Rap/Hip-Hop. Reissue. The Foreign Exchange Music (Label).
•Tinariwen-Tassili (4 Stars). International. Anti (Label).
•WidowSpeak-WidowSpeak (4 Stars). Indie Rock. Captured Tracks (Label).


Cd's I reviewed but didn't necessarily care for that others may like:
•Amen Dunes-Through Donkey Jaw (4 Stars). Indie Rock. Sacred Bones (Label).
•Game-The R.E.D. Album (4 Stars). Rap/Hip-Hop. DGC (Label).
•Ganglians-Still Living (4 Stars). Indie Rock. Lefse (Label).
•Lil Wayne-Tha Carter IV (4 Stars).Rap/Hip-Hop. Universal Republic (Label).
•Kanye West/Jay-Z (The Throne)-Watch the Throne (3 and ½ Stars). Rap/Hip-Hop. Def Jam (Label).

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