The thought HAD to have crossed their minds – “So, one of the best bands of our generation is already using basically the same name, should we maybe pick a diff – ” “Shut up and play the drums.”

Ah come on, you know you don’t believe that.

Ladies and gentlemen… the whitest man in America.

INTERPOL!

Liking it, not loving it.

Hey Ya would have been my vote.

Dude read some history on the making of Sgt. Pepper’s. These guys were studio wizards and they were tripping the whole time. Read the “production” part of this wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band
They just kept getting more out there and genius. Think of it this way – the beatles were as monumental to popular music as moving from a land line to a cell phone. Everything was just different afterwards.

What’s up with the $800 utility bill? Does she have a large scale growing operation in her basement?

The record is growing on me, but you kind of need to adjust what you expect from a Rapture album. If they had said at the outset that this will be “a more mellow record, good for sitting at the beach,” it probably would have made a better first impression. That’s not their fault, obviously…

Love the vocals but I miss the beats. Slow Motion still slays.

Rockin’.

I would love for you to back up any of this. Just one point. If you want to know how far music journalism has fallen, just read any Rolling Stone or Spin or NME review – the most hype oriented, ass-kissing, corporate payola publications out there. Pitchfork isn’t afraid to call a spade a spade. Rolling stone said Angles was their best record since Is this It. He apparently has never heard Room on Fire.