<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Sock Monkey Sound&#187; Album Reviews Archives  &#8211; Sock Monkey Sound</title> <atom:link href="http://sockmonkeysound.com/category/articles/album-reviews/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://sockmonkeysound.com</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:53:02 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator> <item><title>Another job well done.</title><link>http://sockmonkeysound.com/articles/the-pimps</link> <comments>http://sockmonkeysound.com/articles/the-pimps#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:59:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>dD</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Album Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[andy whorehall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dave]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dave decastris]]></category> <category><![CDATA[free mp3]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hilly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[major labels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[midwest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oh those bilderbergs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[punk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rockford]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rockford register star]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RRStar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sock monkey sound]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sons of many bitches]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stu johnson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the goodyear pimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Onion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the pimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[to a cool person stay that way]]></category> <category><![CDATA[todd]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tony crismin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WXRX]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WZOK]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sockmonkeysound.com/?p=2744</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Pimps  &#124;  Part I A CD review of 2010's "F*ck This Sh*t, We're Outta Here" by The Pimps disguised as a letter to the RRStar. By Andrew Whorehall]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sockmonkeysound.com/articles/the-pimps/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Suns: An Incomplete Review</title><link>http://sockmonkeysound.com/articles/album-reviews/suns-incomplete-review</link> <comments>http://sockmonkeysound.com/articles/album-reviews/suns-incomplete-review#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:48:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>danger</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Album Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alex danger stewart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Close Calls in the U.S. Space Program]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Danger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Howl and the Many]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wax on Radio]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sockmonkeysound.com/?p=2612</guid> <description><![CDATA[What is this? A review of the new Suns release, “The Howl and the Many/Close Calls in the U.S. Space Program]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sockmonkeysound.com/articles/album-reviews/suns-incomplete-review/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&#8220;A bandwagonesque:  1991, Reggie &#8220;Railroad&#8221; Reynolds and The Teenage Fanclub.&#8221;</title><link>http://sockmonkeysound.com/articles/teenage-fanclub-bandwagonesque</link> <comments>http://sockmonkeysound.com/articles/teenage-fanclub-bandwagonesque#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 00:35:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>dD</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Album Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[1991]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alcoholiday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[andy whorehall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bandwagonesque]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chicago bears]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chicago cubs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classic records]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dave decastris]]></category> <category><![CDATA[def leppard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[extreme]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geffen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gene simmons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[green buick]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jay-z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nevermind]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nirvana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oasis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reggie "railroad" reynolds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[team spirit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teenage fanclub]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the concept]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sockmonkeysound.com/?p=2143</guid> <description><![CDATA[I spent a cold, December day riding around with my friend, Reggie "Railroad" Reynolds– the best bowler I've ever known,  listening to <strong>"Bandwagonesque." </strong>by Dave DeCastris]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sockmonkeysound.com/articles/teenage-fanclub-bandwagonesque/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&#8220;Uh oh. 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The sniper, saints, sinners and gardeners gathered.&#8221;</title><link>http://sockmonkeysound.com/articles/reviews-articles/dd-cameron-mcgill-what-army</link> <comments>http://sockmonkeysound.com/articles/reviews-articles/dd-cameron-mcgill-what-army#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 02:11:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>dD</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Album Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Show / Event Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[andreas kapsalis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[andy whorehall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cameron mcgill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cameron mcgill & what army?]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chicago scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chris Wachowiak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dan mcmahon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[darren garvey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dave decastris]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kryptonite]]></category> <category><![CDATA[margot & the nuclear so and so's]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Octane]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rockford]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rodrigo palma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[saves the day]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving Eve 2009]]></category> <category><![CDATA[two hits and a miss]]></category> <category><![CDATA[warm songs for cold shoulders]]></category> <category><![CDATA[what army]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sockmonkeysound.com/?p=2115</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cameron McGill &#038; What Army. An intro, monologue, review, critique of Chicago's finest. 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