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| Our Best Bets > Top 11 Albums For July 2010 | |||
 | Six Demon Bag > Man Man | ||
| Man Man's previous record, The Man In A Blue Turban With A Face, definitely grabbed my attention. While parts of it were a bit too messy, their overall digestible blend of weirdness and accessibility eventually won... | |||
 | Both Sides of the Gun > Ben Harper | ||
| Where in tarnation does Ben Harper get off releasing a double album with just 18 songs in total, 9 on each?! Well, he can do it because he has two distinctive sounds - two deliciously, seductive,... | |||
 | Do As I Tell You > Get Him Eat Him | ||
| Providence, Rhode Island's Get Him Eat Him has recently teamed up with Catbird Records (from The Catbirdseat blog fame) to release a brilliant four track EP that is by far one of my favorite releases of... | |||
 | One Night Stand: Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 > Sam Cooke | ||
| Here's a lesson in showmanship. Recorded in 1963 at Miami's Harlem Square Club, and recently remixed and reissued, this live set from one of the pillars of soul music stands as a testament to the... | |||
 | Oh You're So Silent Jens > Jens Lekman | ||
| There really is a curse of putting out a great album in November/December, you miss out on a lot of top 10 lists, glory, applause, gratification, etc. Similar to putting out a great album in... | |||
 | Hard Times Are in Fashion > Koufax | ||
| It seems a strange thing that the guitar as become the key symbol of rock and roll, when rock really came from the crack between two piano keys beaten to shit by a gay coke whore/... | |||
 | First Light's Freeze > Castanets | ||
| Looking back at my review of Castanets' debut, Cathedral, I really think it deserved better. An 8 is surely nothing to scoff at, but it was one of those albums that rarely left my stereo over... | |||
 | Phantom Telegrams > The Handsome Pants | ||
| The Handsome Pants is Eleven Elephants’ very own reviewer extraordinaire Chad Schell-McGaw. His first album, Phantom Telegrams, presents one of those rare instances when a critic performs, ennabling bands that he has thrashed in the past... | |||
 | The Runners Four > Deerhoof | ||
| My Deerhoof experience began with Milk Man which, at the time, was their most accessible record. I loved it, but most critics gave it lukewarm reviews, in favor of their older stuff; namely Reveille and Apple... | |||
 | The Downer Trio > Joel R.L. Phelps | ||
| Oh hello. Hi there. What are you up to? Reading Eleven Elephants, huh? Listen, do you have a minute? I think it’s time... | |||
 | The Very Best Of > Men's Recovery Project | ||
| What happens when ex-hardcore dudes are done screaming and shouting? Usually, they get together and start “post-hardcore” bands that tend to be considerably mellower than their younger days of causing a ruckus. In the cases of... | |||
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