(A regular feature where C-Notes editor Michael Gallucci reviews the new CDs he listened to the night before in one sentence.)
Depeche Mode
Sounds of the Universe
Sounds like vintage Depeche Mode — cold, soulless and robotic — but without the hooks.
Silversun Pickups
Swoon
They still sounds like the Smashing Pumpkins, but this is way better than their first album, which had one good song: “Lazy Eye.”
This article appears in Apr 15-21, 2009.