State Of The Pretzel Logic: June

With the final minutes of June now upon us, I am proud to announce that Pretzel Logic has now been online for six months! That’s right, half a year! The mind boggles. Anyway, June has been quite a fun month for me, with lots of unexpectedly good albums to go along with the requisite amusing flops. I also featured the second part of my ongoing “Best Albums Ever” list. I can barely wait until August when I feature the best of the 1980s.

At this time, there are no album grades I want to change.

I know last week I promised that I’d post a Michael Jackson tribute sometime over the weekend. Observant readers will notice that it is now Tuesday and no such tribute has been posted. This is because I’ve decided to move that tribute to this upcoming Friday, falling in line with my monthly Who’s Simon Defending Now? piece. I feel like this will be the best time to write out my full response to the tragic passing away of one of the all-time musical greats.

Finally, as for upcoming reviews, July presents a bit of a problem. For whatever reason, there are only two albums on the horizon I know I’ll be reviewing: the self-titled release by the new Sigur Ros sideproject Riceboy Sleeps, as well as Jack White’s new band, the Dead Weather, with their upcoming album Horehound. As for the rest of the reviews next month…I’m not entirely sure. There are a few Pitchfork Best New Music’s I need to catch up on, so you’ll probably see those. But beyond that, the field is wide open. If you’ve got any suggestions for what I should review in July, comment away.