In Case You Missed It

by Jeff Terich; Treble Staff

09.11.2005





In the aftermath of our enormous Best of the 70s feature, we realized that our other reviews may have been overshadowed a bit. In fact, each review, save for Albums of the Week, was only up for a day before being pushed into the archives. And really, we had no way of avoiding it. We just had too much stuff to cram into two weeks! But we at Treble want to give everyone a second chance to check out what they may have missed. We had some reviews of really great stuff. We had reviews of some pretty good stuff. And then there was some absolute crap! But hey, with the good there must come some bad. So, take a week to catch up on what you may have missed. We wouldn't want you to have let something slip by!

Albums of the Week


Bill Ricchini - Tonight I Burn Brightly (Transdreamer)
Reinventing the classic song.
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Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (Atlantic)
The label that once housed the mighty Led Zeppelin makes a fitting home for Washington indie-pop heroes.
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Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors (Nonesuch)
Seattle singer-songwriter bridges the genre gap.
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CocoRosie - Noah's Ark (Touch & Go)
Weirdness can't hide the beauty in this gem!
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Noteworthy



Iggy Pop - A Million in Prizes: The Anthology (Virgin)
The best of `Jim' on two, hit-packed discs.
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Frank Black - Honeycomb (Back Porch)
Bonnie "Black" Franky is "big," yeah, yeah, yeah!
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Ok Go - Oh No (Capitol)
Good, old fashioned power pop fun!
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Band of Bees - Free the Bees (Astralwerks)
'60s style for todays popsters.
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The Coral - The Invisible Invasion (Deltasonic)
Don't let this one slip under your radar.
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Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (Mute)
Swinging, swaggering British pop.
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Orange Juice - The Glasgow School (Domino)
Time for a post-punk education.
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Flotation Toy Warning - Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck (Misra)
Just enough mystery to be intriguing.
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Numbers - We're Animals (Kill Rock Stars)
Animals of a different color.
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The Ex - Singles. Period.: The Vinyl Years (Touch & Go)
Old school singles from Dutch punks.
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The Narrator - Such Triumph (Flameshovel)
Prepare to be rocked, Narrator style!
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Chin Up Chin Up - Chin Up Chin Up (Flameshovel)
Rediscovering a lost gem.
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Lyrics Born - Same Shit Different Day (Quannum)
Quite the contrary!
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Barbez - insignificance (Important)
Valkyrie-fronted gypsy rock. Yep.
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Various Artists - Dimension Mix (Eenie Meenie)
Getting spaced-out with the kiddies!
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Save your money for something better


Esthero - Wikked Li'l Grrrls (Reprise)
A less th'n wikked alb'm.
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Statistics - Often Lie (Jade Tree)
The truth hurts.
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Joy Electric - The Ministry of Archers (Tooth & Nail)
Songs of faith and devotion.
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