Electronica artist Dntel changes things up Dumb Luck, an album that sees him playing chameleon.  Full text...

After just one American tour to support the disc, though, Gibbard felt the pull back to his main band, and Tamborello returned to his own slightly less pop-oriented electronic world, releasing an album as James Figurine and wrangling a gang of guest singers for Dumb Luck, his third album as Dntel.  Full text...

Dumb Luck could understandably never stand up to the lofty expectations dropped upon it, but with a nearly star-studded cast of indie's who's who, Dntel still manage to turn in a number of impressive performances and maintain a fair consistency throughout 41 minutes of electronic layers, pop elements and overall beautiful soundscapes.   Full text...

Electro-indie wizard DNTEL (a.k.a Jimmy Tamborello) is back with another disc full of layered sounds and, like his previous albums, he’s gotten a little help from some friends.  Full text...

While some of the album's songs are terrifically cloying, I can't call it a disappointment; it's more a case of diminishing returns.  Full text...

The worlds of traditional pop and electro-pop may never fully unite, but with Dumb Luck, they take a huge step toward closing the gap between them.  Full text...

Listening to Dumb Luck, Jimmy Tamborello's new release under the Dntel moniker, is kind of like listening to a robot cry for 40 minutes.  Full text...

Dumb Luck is an album that desperately tries to be spontaneous and carefree but eventually ends up sounding stunted and alienating. Stunted and alienating is all well and good if that is what a role calls for, but Dumb Luck is covered so thick with a patina of artificiality that it is hard to feel much emotion about it at all, even the pitiable reaction to a pathetic yet engaging brute.  Full text...

There are no great songs to speak of on Dumb Luck, and in fact there are just a few that I would hesitatingly call “good,” or more important, “memorable.”  Full text...