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HIGH FIVE

top five things you shouldn't name your kids

5. Herman (The Hormone)
4. Beatrice (Beeyatchrice)
3. Robert (Robot)
2. Lester (The Molester)
1. Grace (Grace)
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat [Team Love]
Pitchfork: "On her solo debut and her most soul/country record to date, Lewis' vocals sparkle and the intimate performances make a great first impression, but ultimately, the material grounds her."
Cokemachineglow: "Rabbit Fur Coat is an album of easy strumming and likeable melodies, a PG distillation of vintage country influences and the Watson Twin’s spot-on gospel harmonies."
All Music Guide: "Musically, this hits the mark -- not only does it return Lewis to the country leanings of Rilo Kiley's first album, it feels suspended in time and space, the perfect soundtrack to 2 A.M."
Cat Power - The Greatest [Matador]
Pop Matters: "It's about time Ms. Marshall abandoned that indecisive indie racket and got down to bidness with some real musicians."
The Onion A.V. Club: "Her last album, 2003's You Are Free, hit rock bottom (see the shattering "Names") and simultaneously reached an artistic apex. Where else to go, then, but at least a little ways up?"
Cokemachineglow: "This is the Cat Power record that's been in the works for some time now: it's streamlined to the point of being thoroughly anodyne, shorn of many of the qualities that makes her so striking and compelling, an album that anyone could probably make provided they have the right names in their rolodex. And, of course, it's a pretty good listen."
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better [Domino]
Village Voice: "As much as they rein in their arrangements to include only the most urgent elements, these classic art-school rockers already strain to linger outside their self-imposed post-punk minimalism and pop-schooled populism. The next album will likely be wilder. For now, Franz Ferdinand celebrate harder."
The Onion A.V. Club: "Franz Ferdinand is like the Christopher Walken of the post-punk shuffle, with about the same average of big hits and so-so misses."
NME: "This is a million miles away from the over-hasty follow-ups that hobbled former indie golden boys The Vines and BRMC's careers, both of which sounded like collections of tracks left over from their first albums. Instead, it is bigger, stranger, more complicated, but with a darkly seductive current that pulls you under for good."
Goldfrapp - Supernature [Mute]
Dotmusic: "Nu-disco perfection, pretty much."
Playlouder: "This is so good it makes us want to do one of those superlative deploying pull quote things that journalists often stick at the end of their reviews: this fantastic piece of work is already a strong contender for album of the year."
Guardian Unlimited: "Supernature is pretty Saturday itself: a brash, beautiful celebration of love and dancing that puts Kylie and Madonna on the back foot. It was worth the wait."
Big Star - In Space [Rykodisc]
Cokemachineglow: "You know it’s a bad year to make your big comeback album when some thirty years later The Rolling Stones are still cutting better records than you."
Pitchfork: "In Space isn't as terrible as internet chatter predicted. In fact, it's not really bad at all, even though it starts off aggressively mediocre."
Pop Matters: "The addition of Auer and Stringfellow has actually succeeding in making Big Star sound more like the bands they influenced than either Number One Record or Radio City."
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