Spring Album Reviews
More album reviews: Spoon Hot Thoughts (2017) I heard somewhere that Spoon is incapable of making a bad album. I think that's essentially true, aside from their first album Telephono, which sucked. Their ninth effort Hot Thoughts dropped last month, and it's outstanding. I won't say much because so many others have. Needless to say, check it out if you haven't already . Sidenote: see these guys in concert, their show is much more rock and roll than I would have though. Four stars. Thievery Corporation The Temple of I & I (2017) Thievery Corporation's The Temple of I & I is more transparently cohesive than their other work. The reggae theme that pervades the album works pretty well with the classic Thievery sound, but it somehow also grates on me in more than a few spots. Maybe it's over-produced, and perhaps a little dated. Regardless, the guests on the album can flat out rap and are definitely worth a listen, even if it may be evidence o