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.
JOE SWANK & THE ZEN PIRATES
HANK WILLIAMS DIED FOR MY SINS
RACHEL ZYLSTRA
Before You Could Decide
FIONN REGAN
The End Of History
KIM RICHEY
Chinese Boxes
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS
Genuine Negro Jig
Various Artists
Our Side of Town: A Red House Records 25th Anniversary Collection
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