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C. T. HeaneyAbout C. T. HeaneyC. T. Heaney lives in Philadelphia and has been contributing to PopMatters since 2008. ReviewsJimmy Eat WorldThe first night of a tenth-anniversary tour in which the band played their landmark album Clarity in its entirety. [20 March 2009] 
Starsailor: All the PlansAnother solid offering from the most consistent of Britain’s earnest pop troupes. [19 March 2009] 
Joe Bonamassa: The Ballad of John HenryA stirring argument for the continuing vitality of the blues. [11 March 2009] 
The Number Twelve Looks Like You: Worse Than AloneYou’ll take a licking. Will you keep on ticking? [10 March 2009] 
Amsterdam Klezmer Band: ZarazaLooks like “Amsterdam” and “klezmer” do belong together, after all. [6 March 2009] 
Neko Case: Middle CycloneBeguiling beauty and powerful pipes can’t save Case’s latest from feeling like a disappointment. [3 March 2009] 
Green River Ordinance: Out of My HandsThe future of melodic rock, given a little luck and a lot of cash. [24 February 2009] 
Tyrone Wells: RemainA musical chameleon changes colors again, but not well enough to blend in with the scenery. [16 February 2009] 
Diplo: Decent Work for Decent PayIt goes in so many different directions that it’s hard to tell what, exactly, Diplo is trying to accomplish by putting it all here in one place. [12 February 2009] 
Miranda Lee Richards: Light of XEight years hasn’t gone by quite as fast as you think. [10 February 2009] 
Duncan Sheik: Whisper HouseA concept album from a pop survivor. Great concept, but the “album” part falls short. [27 January 2009] 
The Derek Trucks Band: Already FreeAfter years of wandering the globe musically, Trucks returns home and finds his soul. Not that he ever lost it... [14 January 2009] 
Chopteeth: Afrofunk Big BandA sure hit with fans of funk and Fela, but a bit trying for anyone who’s not looking to be preached to. [7 January 2009] 
The Graduate: AnhedoniaThe Graduate released one of the best, and most overlooked, albums of 2007. It surely would have ended up on scads of end-of-year lists, if anyone had actually heard it. [19 December 2008] 
The Fabulous Counts: Jan JanHot, funky Detroit soul album finally sees a re-release forty years later. What took them so long? [18 December 2008] 
The Age of Rockets: HannahThese heartstring-tugging glitch-poppers make a decent effort, but they can’t seem to get out from under the Postal Service’s shadow. [16 December 2008] 
Switchfoot: The Best YetSolid best-of package from the Christian crossover outfit frames the band’s past 11 years nicely, if not perfectly. [10 December 2008] BlogsMixed Media: New Album from Saxon Shore on the Way (stream) [20 February 2009]Mixed Media: Todd Thibaud - Broken (stream) [16 February 2009]Mixed Media: TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb - Hinterlands EP (stream) [12 February 2009] |
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