The Mock Chop: Recent Work

We could all complain about the hardships, but it sounds a lot better if you can croon over timeless brass hip-hop/R`n`B melodies like a skint Bill Withers. Blacc`s lyricisms are sanguine statements wrapped in mournful tones. His cloaked, clandestine approach to upbeat, penniless alcoholic`s anthem `I Require A Dollar`, yet powerful indiscretion on the tender `Momma Hold My Hand` signifies a powerful statement on the delicacy of spirit over money.

Top 10 Albums of !010.According to Tim

10. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild

Hunt - Dead Oceans Records | The Tallest Man on Earth is the nickname of folk musician Kristian Matsson, who hails from Leksand, Sweden.In October, I purchased his five-song EP titled Sometimes the Blues is But a Passing Bird and was instantly smitten by the incredible song-writing and poetic lyrics.

The Feedback Loop: #8. The National - High Violet

Although The Interior has ever been a bit too dangerous to do it big in the pop world and a bit too elementary to make any big splashes in the post-rock world, these guys have been patiently creating dark and brooding rock for days now. And although it would be easy to write off High Violet as more of the same, it might only be The National's best release yet.

Eric's Music Ramblings and Indie Musings: The National - High Violet

The National - High Violet

Go to spectrumculture.com and take the reast of the top 20 list.The National reportedly intended to get an optimistic, catchy record as their follow-up to Boxer. Instead, this year's High Violet was every bit as black as its predecessor. It also ended up every bit as good; indeed, one is hard-pressed to place the album's premier song because nearly all of them are just that damn great.

High Violet

Review by S.G.R. Black for High VioletRating: Violet` because I felt if I tried to publish anything meaningful or even try to publish an objective review I thinking I knew what I was talk about, I would have failed miserably while doing a serious injustice to the album. I have owned `High Violet` for months now, and just now I can rightly say that `High Violet` is seriously one of the best albums released in the final ten years.

High Violet (Expanded Version) by THE NATIONAL - !CD - Boomkat .

*Special edition including a special Bonus Disc with 7 additional tracks* In a music industry that's becoming increasingly fixated on overnight, flavour-of-the-month success stories and general disposability, it can simply be regarded as a big positive that The Subject are a circle whose appeal continues to rise after about ten days of recording together.