We have fought and bickered like kids arguing over a new toy, but with less than 24 hours to go before the new year parades on in and takes over our lives we have finally managed to put together the Silent Sound Waves Top 20 Albums of 2008 list. Read on to see if your [...]

/ Posted: Dec 31, 2008
/ Category: Feature Articles
/ Artist(s): Augustana, Bon Iver, Coldplay, Conor Oberst, Copeland, Counting Crows, Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes, Gaslight Anthem, House of Heroes, Jack's Mannequin, Jars of Clay, Kooks, MGMT, Mudcrutch, Okkervil River, Pompeii, Radiohead, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend

2008 just flew by, and as this is being written a new year is only a few days away from turning the current into history. Hopefully all of your are enjoying your holidays while they last, and as a treat for you we have scoured our playlists and created a this list to reminisce about [...]

/ Posted: Dec 27, 2008
/ Category: Feature Articles
/ Artist(s): Albert Hammond Jr, Augustana, Bon Iver, Bonnie Prince Billy, Cab, Conor Oberst, Death Cab for Cutie, Duffy, Fleet Foxes, Gaslight Anthem, House of Heroes, Hush Sound, I'm From Barcelona, Jack's Mannequin, Joshua Radin, Kent, MGMT, Okkervil River, Right Away Great Captain!, Socratic, Stickboy, The Killers, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend

So, it’s finally December, which means I am now actually open to the idea of listening to Christmas music (unlike some people who like to start November 1st).
Through the years, I’ve collected various abstract Christmas and other holiday songs from different artists, and I thought I’d share some of my favorites. I’ll start with EPs [...]

/ Posted: Dec 05, 2008
/ Category: Feature Articles
/ Artist(s): Copeland, Counting Crows, Jack's Mannequin, Jon Foreman, Michael Bublé, Relient K, Sixpence None the Richer, Sufjan Stevens, The Eels, Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Those of you who have read some of the previous articles here at Silent Sound Waves know that if I were to choose just one new album to listen to this entire year before I had heard it, Jack’s Mannequin’s The Glass Passenger would be it. The three odd years we had to wait for [...]

/ Posted: Oct 27, 2008
/ Category: Album Reviews
/ Artist(s): Jack's Mannequin

Jack’s Mannequin’s “while we wait” EP (which is what it should have been called) titled Ghost Over Ground was released on iTunes yesterday. It includes the first single from the upcoming album The Glass Passenger entitled The Resolution, and if this is any indication of what is to come on the new album, well then [...]

/ Posted: Aug 06, 2008
/ Category: News
/ Artist(s): Jack's Mannequin

Out of all the albums coming out this year my most anticipated reward goes without a single shred of a doubt to Jack’s Mannequin’s upcoming The Glass Passenger, which is set to be released on September 30th. After releasing next to no new material since their debut album Everything in Transit back in 2005, I [...]

/ Posted: Jul 29, 2008
/ Category: News
/ Artist(s): Jack's Mannequin