2009-05-11
Zach Vinson's Cracked Open is a fun power-pop record full of catchy hooks and fun guitar-pop, with the occasional slower number like "All the Sins of Men" and "Locked Outside". Through and through it's pretty fun and energetic, with songs like the rocking opener "Little Birdie", the piano laden "So Much to Blame", and the danceable "Christee Christee", which is further proof that there aren't any songs with girls names in the title that don't rule.TARA NEVINS
Wood and Stone
JOHN DRISKELL HOPKINS AND BALSAM RANGE
Daylight
The Clumsy Lovers
After the Flood
DAVE BOUTETTE
The Piccolo Heart
Cortney Tidwell
Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up
AVETT BROTHERS
The Gleam
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