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I picked up The Fratellis’ album Costello Music after seeing the iPod ads. The Fratellis remind me slightly of The Strokes, but much less aloof in their music presence. I don’t know exactly how to classify this album. I would have to call it Swing Rock. The description makes it sound like multiple styles of music thrown together haphazardly, but the album is well put together. It has a bright, upbeat sound. The album definitely makes you want to wear and iPod, be a black silhouette, and dance around like a maniac on a brightly colored background. That Steve Jobs sure knows how to make music players and downloadable music interesting.

The Vines’ Vision Valley is an album I first heard while playing Wii Bowling at Barrington. We turned on a black light and put on this CD and it was like Rock n’ Bowl. When The tunes stuck in my head and I picked it up two days later. What can I say about the sound of this album? When The Vines first came onto the scene, I called them The Beatles But With More Rock. This album holds up to that sound, a great compilation, well balanced with fast rhythms as well as slower rock ballads. The only down side to this album is that it is very short. One way of a trip to work lets me play this album through once completely and halfway through again.

If you liked either of the The Vines’ previous albums, I recommend going out and getting Vision Valley, whether you buy a CD, purchase it online, or just go out and pirate the album. The Fratellis’ Costello Music will be hit or miss. I like it, but it’s not for everyone. It’s worth at least borrowing for a listen, maybe not pirating.

Some albums I want to check out soon:
Modest Mouse
Good Charlotte