Reviews

M.I.A.- /\/\/\Y/\-Rating: 75- GM

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists- The Brutalist Bricks-Rating: 75- GM

Goldfrapp- Head First-Rating: 74- GM

Magnetic Fields- Realism- Rating: 74-GM

Motion City Soundtrack- My Dinosaur Life- Rating:  74- GM

Massive Attack- Heligoland- Rating:  73- GM

Xiu Xiu- Dear, God I Hate You- Rating:  70- GM

OK Go- Of the Colour of the Sky-Rating: 69- GM

Four Tet- There Is Love In You- Rating:  66- GM

Envy On the Coast- The Impetuous Lowcountry- Rating:  Unrated- JD

2009

Deerhunter- Rainwater Cassette Exchange- Rating: 9.9/10- GM

Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavillion- Rating: 9.7/10- GM

Arctic Monkeys- Humbug- Rating: 9.7/10- GM

Editors- In This Light and On This Evening- Rating: 9.710- GM

The King Khan & BBQ Show- Invisible Girl- Rating: 9.7/10- GM (KLYAM Album of the Year)

Black Lips- 200 Million Thousand- Rating: 9.6/10- GM

The Pains of Being Pure At Heat- The Pains of Being Pure At Heat- Rating: 9.6/10

The Rifles- The Great Escape- Rating: 9.6/10- GM

The Strange Boys- The Strange Boys and Girls Club- Rating: 9.6/10- GM

Flashy Python- Skin and Bones- Rating: 9.5/10- GM

Girls- Album- Rating: 9.5/10- CD

Julian Plenti- Julian Plenti is… Skyscraper- Rating: 9.5/10- GM

The Almighty Defenders- The Almighty Defenders- Rating: 9.4- GM

Cold War Kids- Behave Yourself- Rating: 94- GM

Mika Miko- We Be Xuxa- Rating: 9.4/10- GM

Vivian Girls- Everything Goes Wrong- Rating: 9.4/10- GM

Box Elders- Alice and Friends- Rating: 9.3/10- GM

Cotton Jones- Paranoid Cocoon- Rating: 9.3/10- GM

Franz Ferdinand- Tonight- Rating: 9.3/10- GM

Julian Casablancas- Phrazes For the Young- Rating: 9.3/10

Maccabees- Wall of Arms- Rating: 9.3/10- GM

Various Artists- (500) Days of Summer- Rating:  A/A- – CD

The Warlocks- Mirror Explodes- Rating: 9.3/10- GM

Wavves- Wavvves- Rating: A- – CD

Atlas Sound- Logos- Rating: 9.2/10- GM

The Big Pink- A Brief History of Love- Rating: 9.2/10- GM

Built to Spill- There is No Enemy- Rating:  9.2/10- GM

The Horrors- Primary Colours- Rating: 9.2- GM

Kid Cudi- Man On the Moon: The End of Day- Rating: 9.2/10- GM

Daniel Johnston- Is and Always Was- Rating: 9.1- GM

Jay Reatard- Watch Me Fall- Rating: 9.1/10- GM

Real Estate- Real Estate- 9.1/10- GM

Smith Westerns- Smith Westerns- Rating: 9.1/10- GM

Cymbals Eat Guitars- Why There Are Mountains- Rating: 9.0/10- GM

Mission of Burma- The Sound, The Speed, The Light- Rating: 9.0/10- GM

The Morning After Girls- Alone- Rating: 9.0/10- GM

Portugal, The Man- The Satanic Satanists- Rating: 9.0/10- GM

Thee Oh Sees- Help- Rating: 8.9/10- GM

Times New Viking- Born Again Revisited- Rating: 8.9/10- GM

Animal Collective- Fall Be Kind- Rating: 8.8/10- GM

Dan Deacon- Bromst- Rating: 8.8/10- GM

Regina Spektor- Far- Rating: 8.8/10- GM

The Lovely Feathers- Fantasy of the Lot- Rating: 8.8/10- GM

Yo La Tengo- Popular Songs- Rating: 8.8/10- GM

Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport- Rating: 8.7/10

Jemina Pearl- Break It Up- Rating: 8.7/10- GM

The xx- xx- Rating: 8.7/10- GM

Dinosaur Jr- Farm- Rating: 8.6/10- GM

Au Revoir Simone- Still Night, Still Light- Rating: 8.5/10- GM

Health- Get Color- Rating: 8.5/10- GM

Volcano Choir- Unmap- Rating: 8.5- GM

Islands- Vapours- Rating: 8.4/10- GM

Clues- Clues- Rating: 8.3- GM

Talbot Tagora- Lessons in the Woods Or a City- Rating: 8.3/10- GM

The Thermals- Now We Can See- Rating: 8.3- GM

Those Darlins- Those Darlins- Rating: 8.3/10- GM

Why?- Eskimo Snow- Rating: 8.3/10- GM

Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca- Rating: 8.2/10- GM

Here We Go Magic- Here We Go Magic- Rating: 8.2/10- GM

Washed Out- High Times- Rating: 8.2/10- GM

Dead Weather- Horehound- Rating: 8.1/10- GM

Animal Collective- Crack Box- Rating: 8.0/10- GM

Flaming Lips- Embryonic- Rating: 7.9/10- GM

Lightning Bolt- Earthly Delights- Rating: 7.8/10- GM

Japandroids- Post-Nothing- Rating: 7.8/10- GM

Devendra Banhart- What Will We Be- Rating: 7.6/10- GM

Liars- Sisterworld- Rating: 76- GM

Weezer- Raditude- Rating: 6.9/10- GM

Them Crooked Vultures- Them Crooked Vultures- Rating: 5.9/10- GM

Lady Gaga- The Fame Monster- Rating: 5.5/10- GM

Teepee- Morals- Rating: ?- GM

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart- Higher Than Stars- Rating: ?- GM

Really Classic Reviews (Released Pre-KLYAM, more or less):

Animal Collective- Sung Tongs (2004)- Rating: 7/10- CD

Arcade Fire- Funeral (2004)- Rating: A – GM

Beach Boys- Endless Summer (1974)- Rating: A – GM

Beatles- Revolver (1966)- Rating: B+ – GM

Beat Happening- Beat Happening (1985)- Rating: B+ – CD

Beat Happening- Dreamy (1991)- Rating: B/B+ – CD

Beat Happening- Jamboree (1988)- Rating: A/A+ – GM

Beat Happening- You Turn Me On (1992)- Rating: A/A+ – CD

Big Black- The Rich Man’s Eight Track Tape (1987)- Rating: B+ – CD

Black Lips- Black Lips! (2003)- Rating: A- – GM

Black Lips- Good Bad Not Evil (2007)- Rating: A – GM

Black Lips- Let It Bloom (2005)- Rating: A- – GM

Black Lips- Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo (2007)- Rating: A+ (KLYAM’s Favorite Album)- GM

Black Lips- We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow (2004)- Rating: A- – GM

Bob Marley- Survival (1979)- Rating: A- – GM

Boys Life- It Came From Here (Year?)- Rating: A- GM

Bright Eyes- Lifted Or The Story Is In the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)- Rating: Unrated- CD

Butthole Surfers- Locust Abortion Technician (1987)- Rating: B – CD

Captain Beefheart- Safe As Milk (1967)- Rating: B+ – GM

Cheap Time- Cheap Time (2008)- Rating: Unrated- GM

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2005)- Rating: A- – GM

The Cure- Boys Don’t Cry- (1980)- Rating: B- GM

Deerhunter- Cryptograms (2007)- Rating: B- – GM

Deerhunter- Microcastle/Weird Era Cont. (2008)- Rating: A- – CD

Deerhunter- Turn It Up Faggot (2005)- Rating: A- – GM

Dinosaur Jr- You’re Living All Over Me (1987)- Rating: A-/ B+ – GM

Echo & The Bunnymen- Heaven Up Here (1981)- Rating: B+ – GM

Editors- An End Has A Start (2007)- Rating: A+ – GM

Frank Zappa- The Man From Utopia (1983)- Rating: B+- GM

Harlem- Free Drugs;-) (2008)- Rating: A – GM

Immortal Technique- Revolutionary Volume 1 (2001)- Rating: B+ – CD

Jay Reatard- Blood Visions (2006)- Rating: A – CD

Jay Reatard- Matador Singles ’08 (2008)- Rating: A – CD

Jay Reatard- Singles ’06-’07 (2008)- Rating: A – CD

Kimya Dawson- Remember That I Love You (2006)- Rating: Unrated- CD

King Khan & BBQ Show- King Khan & BBQ Show (2004)- Rating: CD

King Khan & BBQ Show- What’s For Dinner? (2006)- Rating: A- – CD

King Khan & His Shrines- Mr. Supernatural (2004)- Rating: B+ – GM

King Khan & His Shrines- Three Hairs and You’re Mine (2001)- Rating: A – GM

The Kinks- The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968)-Rating: A – CD

The Libertines- The Libertines (2004)- Rating: A- – GM

The Libertines- Up the Bracket (2002)- Rating: A – GM

Lightning Bolt- Wonderful Rainbow (2003)- Rating: 7/10- CD

Lost Sounds- Lost Sounds (2004)- Rating: A – CD

Lovely Feathers- Hind Hind Legs (2006)- Rating: A – GM

Mark Sultan- The Sultanic Verses (2007)- Rating: A – CD

The Modern Lovers- The Original Modern Lovers (1981)- Rating: A- – GM

The Moldy Peaches- The Moldy Peaches (2001)- Rating: A – CD

Mudhoney- Superfuzz Big Muff (1988)- Rating: B+ – CD

Nirvana- In Utero (1993)- Rating: B- – GM

No Age- Nouns (2008)- Rating: A – GM

No Age- Weirdo Rippers (2007)- Rating: B- – CD

Nobunny- Love Visions (2008)- Rating: A- – GM

Nobunny- Raw Romance (2009)- Rating: B – GM

Paul Weller- Stanley Road (1995)- Rating: A- – GM

Ramones- Road to Ruin (1978)- Rating: A- – GM

The Recoys- Rekoys (2003)- Rating: A- – GM

The Replacements- Tim (1985)- Rating: A- – GM

Sebdaoh- Sebadoh III (1991)- Rating: A- – CD

Shellac- At Action Park (1994)- Rating:  A – CD

Simon & Garfunkel- The Sounds of Silence (1966)- Rating: B+ – CD

Spaceshits- Misbehavin’ (1998)- Rating: A/A- – CD

The Strokes- Is This It? (2001)- Rating: A+ – GM

Talking Heads- More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)- Rating: B – GM

Toy Love- Cuts (Year?)- Rating: A- – GM

Various Artists- The Soundtrack of American Graffiti (1973)- Rating: 8/10- CD

The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)- Rating: A – GM

The Walkmen- Bows + Arrows (2004)- Rating: A – GM

The Walkmen- A Hundred Miles Off (2006)- Rating: A – GM

The Walkmen- Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone (2002)- Rating: A- – GM

Ween- 12 Golden Country Greats (1995)- Rating: 9/10- CD

Ween- The Mollusk (1997)- Rating: A- CD

Weezer- The Blue Album (1994)- Rating: A – GM

Weezer- Pinkerton (1996)- Rating: A- – GM

Wesley Willis- Greatest Hits (Year?)- Rating: Unrated- GM

Film Reviews:

(500) Days of Summer (2009)- Rating: A – CD

A Very Sunny Christmas (2009)- Rating: A- – CD

Airplane (1980)- Rating: A – CD

Almost Famous (2000)- Rating: A – CD

American Psycho (2000)- Rating: A – CD

Anarchism In America (1983)- Rating: B – CD

Avatar (2009)- Rating: B+ – CD

Away We Go (2009)- Rating: 7/10- CD

Black Lips: Wild Men In Action (2007)- Rating: A- – CD

Born On the Fourth of July (1989)- Rating: A- – CD

Bruno (2009)- Rating: B – CD

Cheech and Chong’s Nice Dreams (1981)- Rating: N/A – CD

Dazed and Confused (1993)- Rating: A+ – CD

Detroit Rock City (1999)- Rating: N/A- CD

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)- Rating: A- – CD

Dinosaur Jr Live in the Middle East (2006)- Rating: 7/10- CD

Dirty Work (1998)- Rating: B+ – CD

District 9 (2009)- Rating: B – CD

The Doors (1991)- Rating: A- – CD

Do the Right Thing (1989)- Rating: A+ – CD

E.T. (1982)- Rating: A+ – CD

Edge of Darkness (2010)- Rating: C- – CD

Faat Kiné (2000)- Rating: 4/10- CD

The Fighter (2010)- Rating: 8/10- CD

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)- Rating: A – CD

Funny People (2009)- Rating: C – CD

Get Him to the Greek (2010)- Rating: C – CD

Going the Distance (2010)- Rating: B- – CD

Gummo (1997)- Rating: A – CD

Halloween (1978)- Rating: A – CD

High Fidelity (2000)- Rating: A – CD

How Weed Won the West (2010)- Rating: B – CD

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)- Rating: A+ – MR

Inception (2010)- Rating: B – CD

Inglorious Basterds (2009)- Rating: A – CD

Ink (2009)- Rating: A+ – MR

Juno (2007)- Rating: A+ – CD

Kids (1995)- Rating: A – CD

Machete (2010)- Rating; B+ – CD

Malcolm X (1992)- Rating: A – CD

Mallrats (1995)- Rating: A- – CD

Mister Lonely (2007)- Rating: B – CD

Nine (2009)- Rating: B+ – MR

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)- Rating: A+ – CD

Office Space (1999)- Rating: A – CD

Over the Edge (1979)- Rating: A- – CD

Paranormal Activity (2007)- Rating: B – CD

Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)- Rating: A – CD

Phoebe In Wonderland (2009)- Rating: A – MR

Pink Flamingos (1972)- Rating: A- – CD

Pirate Radio (2009)- Rating: Unrated- GM

Platoon (1986)- Rating: A – CD

Pulp Fiction (1994)- Rating: A+ – CD (My favorite film)

Punch Drunk Love (2002)- Rating: 9/10- CD

Rear Window (1954)- Rating: A – CD

Reservoir Dogs (1992)- Rating: A+ – CD

Scary Movie (2000)- Rating: C+ – CD

The Shield Around the K (2000)- Rating: B+ – CD

Shutter Island (2010)- Rating: A- – CD

Slacker (1991)- Rating: A- – CD

Small Town Ecstasy (2002)- Rating: B – CD

The Social Network (2010)- Rating: A – CD

South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999)- Rating: A/A- – CD

Spiderman 3 (2007)- Rating: C+ – CD

Stop Making Sense (1984)- A- – CD

Thank You For Smoking (2005)- A – CD

The Town (2010))- Rating: A – GM

Toy Story 3 (2010)- Rating: A- – CD

Trash Humpers (2009)- Rating: 8/10- CD

Walk the Line (2005)- Rating: A- – CD

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)- Rating: A – CD

The Wizard of Oz (1939)- Rating: A+ – CD

Zombieland (2009)- Rating: A- – CD

Concert Reviews: See Concert Calendar!

Book Reviews (mostly of the subversive variety): See Great Books!

Girls: If they are fine and like  KLYAM, Honorary KLYAMers, or the KLYAMers themselves: 10/10 :)