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Tv On The Radio: Dear Science, 
If someone was to listen to this record, really listen to it and then be asked if they thought if this band could be the next big thing? The answer would be yes, if they really, listened to it.  Certain songs on the album could appear on the most mainstream of hip-hop/R&B radio stations while simultaneously being broadcast on major pop stations and any college outlet across the nation. Reminds me of Prince at moments, The Isley Brothers at others while still holding fast to the sound Tv On the Radio has spent their career crafting. The next time around, if my energy collected maintains a thought process through the transformation from learning knowledge to more elevated being, if it has a choice, it is choosing black. 

Sleeping in the Aviary: Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Motel
Track one, “Write on”, when heard for the first time will give you goose bumps. If it doesn’t, your probably dead; like Bruce Willis was that time. After Sean and I freaked out about that song for the duration I took it home and listened again. At first I thought it was too sad bastard for me to dig in to and all last night Vicki and I talked about the negative aspects of it. This morning, it played about three times uninterrupted while working batter into morning pastries and realized that, with one exception it is a very entertaining and solid album. At times, the vocalist reminds me of Conor Oberst because certain notes in a certain range are comparable and some would say (Brent “Bone Job” Jay) that the strumming pattern used on the guitar is the same on every song. While I agree with those previous points and honestly prefer the reckless abandonment of the previous album, the lyrical content is still great and the songs are overall more exciting than anything I have heard that could be called “folk” in years and years. 

Kings Of Leon: Slip from the Vaulted Throne
Honestly, I haven’t even heard this record. Years later all of the songs I ever like from these guys, with the exception of McFearless, don’t hold any weight. It just sounds boring and tiresome. Not to mention that the posters for their current tour make me want to puke gold fleece on to their silk vest and gold chains. These men look like the modern day Wham and the title of their new album is contrived garbage. In fact, there is a chance that the title was directly lifted from my waste basket where it was discarded for the more whimsical, Everlasting Sorrow Whilst we beseeched his Majesty to Fill our Loins.  The Difference was that I was titling an anal smut film and the one single similarity is that none of these titles have a damn thing to do with the content. 

Of course, listen to all three of these records for yourself and make your own opinion. You should always buy records from artist, there are a lot of children that eat because bands like Tv On the Radio and Kings of Leon are popular. Of course I understand poverty, so if you want them and you know my phone number; call me and swing by.