I listened to three new albums today. Nothing too exciting. Here's a breakdown:

• The Plastic Constellations, Mazatlan. Entirely average indie rock. Not bad by any means, but nothing exciting. 5.5.
• The Free Design, Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love. They say these guys influenced Stereolab. And I dig Stereolab. While fairly good 60's sunshine-happy-rock, there are far too many lyrics about butterflies. All in all though, not bad. 6.
• Jason Forrest, The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash. This is more like it. Pitchfork called it "maximalist" electronic music. Think Basement Jaxx or maybe Daft Punk, but a lot more strange. It's got this sort of post-modern lack of focus that sadly strips of it of just about all emotional appeal, but it's quite interesting to listen to. 7.5.