We Were Exploding Anyway<\/em><\/p>\n (Hassle)<\/p>\n 4\/5<\/p>\n Do not drive while listening to this electronic post-rock Brit band: you will speed and\/or attempt to pull off dangerous driving maneuvers.<\/p>\n 65daysofstatic\u2019s album starts off slow and simple but quickly builds to a mastered delivery of their chaotic yet smoothly orchestrated sound.<\/p>\n The album highlight is \u201cCome to Me,\u201d which features Robert Smith of The Cure, though you might not recognize him as his vocals are looped and altered almost beyond recognition.<\/p>\n The whole album sounds like the soundtrack to an action-packed movie\u0143eerie, intense, and adrenaline pumping.<\/p>\n Looking for music to get you going in the morning? This album will have you feeling like you could kick ass and take names all day long. Need workout music? Your gym sessions will feel like montages of you training for the fight of your life.<\/p>\n -Clorisa Simpson<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tori Amos<\/strong><\/p>\n Night of Hunters<\/em><\/p>\n (Deutsche Grammophon)<\/p>\n 4\/5<\/p>\n Tori Amos\u2019 maturity and playfulness shows through on her twelfth album,\u00a0Night of Hunters,<\/em>\u00a0in a way that will continuously involve any listener\u2019s imagination.<\/p>\n With her characteristic piano solos and strong vocals, as well as brass, strings, and woodwind instrument combinations, the 14 songs blend together to create a modern and realistic love story that comes true following a journey to Ireland\u2019s mystical past.<\/p>\n Night of Hunters<\/em>\u00a0is an album that is youthful, timeless, beautiful, and contains aspects of Amos\u2019 passion for classical music, inspiration from composers like Bach and Chopin, and the young voice of her 11-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n Amos\u2019 album is intriguing, and it also offers what many people look for: an escape. Through the sounds and descriptions in\u00a0Night of Hunters,<\/em>\u00a0any listener can be taken from their daily life and transported to a wonderful, relaxing evening at the theatre.<\/p>\n -Chesley Ryder<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Das Racist<\/strong><\/p>\n Relax<\/em><\/p>\n (Greedhead)<\/p>\n 4.5\/5<\/p>\n Das Racist\u2019s third full-length and first commercially available album,\u00a0Relax,\u00a0<\/em>is a solid follow-up to last year\u2019s\u00a0Sit Down, Man\u00a0<\/em>mixtape. Although\u00a0Relax<\/em>\u00a0is a lazier effort than their first two mixtapes, it still hits a lot harder than most modern hip-hop albums. And, like all their albums, it\u2019s fun.<\/p>\n Relax<\/em>\u00a0is like a movie about a family vacation that goes astray, half the family goes missing, and the youngest member of the family ends up robbing a major swimsuit conglomerate; cut to the end of the movie where he\u2019s 10 years older and owns a moderately successful Midwestern night club. In other words,\u00a0Relax<\/em>\u00a0is like, \u201cWhat am I watching? Okay, fuck it, sure.\u201d<\/p>\n American hip-hop has been getting a serious revamp for about three years, and along with BBU, Wugazi, Shabazz Palaces, The Weeknd, Death Grips, Big Krit, Lil B, and Oddfuture, Das Racist is at the forefront of that change.<\/p>\n -Adam Price<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/65frontcover550x550.jpg\" "\\"65frontcover550x550\\"")
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