2011-02-06
Do you remember the 1980 (Olivia Newton John/ ELO) soundtrack to the film “Xanadu”? I don’t blame you, if you don’t; it was forgettable. Well, in “Travelers in Space and Time”, The Apples abandon the indie pop sound of 2007’s “New Magnetic Wonder” and replace it with a retro “Xanadu” sound. In spite of the futuristic spaceman references (“Strange Solar System”) and computer-centric lyrics (“C.P.U.”), “Travelers in Space and Time” has a retro sound that I’m not keen on revisiting. Rebecca Ruth 2/5 Stars
PAL SHAZAR
The Morning After
THE GO-BETWEENS
That Striped Sunlight Sound
k.d. lang
Hymns of the 49th Parallel
JACK JOHNSON
Sleep Through the Static
EL PERRO DEL MAR
Pale Fire
SLOAN
Never Hear The End Of It
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