Softlightes
Say No to Being Cool; Say Yes to Being Happy
Label: Modular
Release Date: February 13, 2006
Softlightes, the San Diego folktronic four-piece, have released the latest gem in a string of fantastic indie rock albums we’ve been blessed to hear only a month into 2007.
Magnetic and flirtatious, Say No to Being Cool; Say Yes to […]

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David Bowie
Under Review 1976-1979: The Berlin Trilogy (DVD)
Studio: Music Video Distribution
Musician, actor, androgynous creature — David Bowie is one of a kind. And as a big fan of the Under Review series, we couldn’t wait to dive into one covering the background of his historic Berlin Trilogy albums: Low, Heroes and Lodger.
Following his chameleon character […]

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Yoko Ono
Yes, I’m a Witch
Label: Astralwerks
Release Date: February 6, 2007
For over a week now, Yoko Ono’s new album, Yes, I’m a Witch, has been on repeat throughout the Perfect Porridge kitchen. We find ourselves going up to coworkers in the hallway and e-mailing extended teenage family members to tell them about this new Ono disc. […]

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Kaiser Chiefs have released a stream of their lead single, “Ruby,” in advance of their sophomore effort, Yours Truly, Angry Mob, which drops on March 27th (Universal).
Kaiser Chiefs - “Ruby” Audio Streams: WIN MOV : Video streams: WIN, QT
–The Postmarks, a Floridian Brian Wilson-meets-French pop group, have their debut album slated for Feb. 6 (Unfiltered […]

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Permanent Me
After the Room Clears
Label: Stolen Transmission
Release Date: January 23, 2007
Long Island’s Permanent Me have drop their debut full length this week, After the Room Clears, and it’s an emo/punk rock copout.
Wrought with overemotional lyrics about girls (”Allison,” “Christine”), time of day (”Friday Night,” “4 a.m.”) and how much being a teenager sucks (”Later on […]

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Solitude Aeturnus
Into the Depths of Sorrow
Label: Roadrunner Records (Metal Mind Productions)
Raise up the horns! Perfect Porridge just opened a giant box of 25 remastered reissues from the Roadrunner archives, including hard-to-find back issues from some of the greatest metal bands ever.
Now we know metal is a special kind of genre, so we’ll try to […]

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Roger O’Donnell
The Truth in Me
Label: Great Society
Mmmm…Moog. Now here is a cool album, porridgemunchers.
We’ve got Roger O’Donnell - keyboardist for The Cure and Psychedelic Furs - creating an entire album using a Moog Voyager and his Apple laptop running Apple Logic and Ableton Live.
It’s not the renowned musician’s first foray into Moogdom, as you may […]

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The Feeling
Four Stops and Home EP
Label: Interscope Records
U.S. Release Date: February 27, 2006
Maybe it’s the Sussex/London accent. Maybe it’s the “na na na” Beatles-esque vocal bridging. Maybe it’s the “Sewn” lyric, “Danny Boy, don’t be afraid to shake that ass and misbehave.”
But there’s a formulaic perfection to the Feeling’s Four Stops and Home EP that’s […]

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Switchfoot
Oh Gravity
Label: Sony
Ask any fan of modern Christian rock, and they’ll tell you - Christian music as a whole is BAD. Even David Bazan tried to distance his Christ-influenced Pedro the Lion from the label for fear of being sucked into the radio-friendly Brady Bunch groups or attracting an audience of weirdos (sorry, but it’s […]

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Nicole Atkins
Bleeding Diamonds EP
Label: Columbia Records
It’s a documented fact by now that we extremely dislike female singer/songwriters. But there’s something about this particular 27 year-old singer/songwriter from Jersey that’s drawing us in.
Nicole Atkins’ big BIG vocals over her jangly, happy-go-lucky piano-led band are bluesly, knowing and telling of a darker side behind the la-la façade.
Nicole […]

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