Holla Back Album of the Week

Various Artists
If I Were a Carpenter
(1994)
A&M Records

This is a true relic of the Alt-Rock era. Some of the best artists of the genre paying tribute to one of their most unlikely of influences...The Carpenters. 18 years later, it's still frickin' awesome!!!

Album highlights:
"Close to You" by The Cranberries
"Superstar" by Sonic Youth
"Rainy Days and Mondays" by Cracker
"Let Me Be the One" by Matthew Sweet
"We've Only Just Begun" by Grant Lee Buffalo

Cannot wait...

Royal Baths have a new album out next month with fantastic title:  Better Luck Next Life.  They have recently released a video for "Black Sheep" and a stream of "Darling Divine" both over at Pitchfork

Holla Back Album of the Week

R.E.M. 
Reckoning
(1984)
I.R.S. Records 

Album highlights:
7 Chinese Brothers
So. Central Rain
Letter Never Sent
(Don't Go Back to) Rockville
Little America