Category Archives: Snorri’s Album Reviews

It’s a quiet week for new releases, and as the snow continues to fall Snorri is opting to chill with a copy of Vince Guaraldi’s enduring A Charlie Brown Christmas. Best wishes to all this holiday season from our pet reviewer.

This week, the final album in Green Day’s ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! trilogy arrives, showcasing a kinder, gentler band even as frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s onstage-meltdown-inspired stint in rehab continues. As we await the veteran trio’s return, Snorri takes time to lift his leg on the world as Billie Joe sees it. And, our resident reviewer reckons, it looks something like this.

This week, Snorri’s chewing on a new vinyl toy in a dubstyle, as he sniffs out Dub to the Bone, an instrumental excursion into roots rhythms by Brooklyn’s Super Hi-Fi. King Snorri meets the rockers uptown. The result?

Time again for our resident reviewer to come in from frolicking in the snow and receive his treat, in the form of a selected disc from this week’s crop of new releases. This week, though Alicia Keys’ new album inspired mild tail-wagging, Snorri has opted to immerse himself in the oh-so-extravagant deluxe edition of XX, a box set celebrating the anniversary of Rage Against the Machine’s arrival. Yes, it’s been 20 years since Zach, Tom and the boys entered our lives, and about 15 since we last gave them a moment’s thought. XX takes us back once more via two CDs, two DVDs and an all-important vinyl edition of a landmark album. So, Snorrs, I know this is music from before your time (well, not in dog years), but are you feeling the Rage?

Once again, Snorri sniffs out a new CD release and lets you know whether you should lick it, eat it or pee on it. This week, it’s the new Rolling Stones retrospective, Grrr! Wait, that can’t be the title. It is? OK, Grrr! it is. And did you know The Rolling Stones are celebrating their 50th… oh, right. But did you know they are also celebrating 30 years of releasing pure shit? You knew that too? Well then, what’s the verdict, Snorri?