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Cymbals Eat Guitars
Pretty Years

September 15th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Cymbals Eat Guitars Pretty Years Cymbals Eat Guitars have a way of being noncommittal. Over the course of four albums, the Staten Island indie rockers have edged their way into various

William S. Burroughs
Let Me Hang You

August 31st, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

William S. Burroughs Let Me Hang You If you pull at the loose threads of the ‘90s, one of the most striking things about the time period is how its pop culture got deeply weird. The decade

Pill
Convenience

August 23rd, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Pill Convenience Pill’s debut album, Convenience, is a grab-you-by-the-throat look at authenticity: what it means, why fighting for it is important, and how

Thalia Zedek Band
Eve

August 22nd, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Thalia Zedek Band Eve Sometimes reaching iconic stature is just a matter of never stopping. Sure, there are some who burn brightly and quickly, but more often than not it’s the ones that

Throws
Throws

August 17th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Throws Throws Sometimes it’s easier to just discard your baggage and get on with it. It’s true in life and just as true in music. Such is the case with the formation of the band

Nels Cline
Lovers

August 15th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Nels Cline Lovers Guitarist/composer Nels Cline’s Lovers is both a sharply focused statement and an expansive wide-lens view of the landscape of the human heart. With his

Dinosaur Jr.
Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not

August 9th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Dinosaur Jr. Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not The track that got me excited to hear the new Dinosaur Jr. record wasn’t a proper song at all, but a seven-minute montage of the album’s guitar solos

Gøggs
Gøggs

August 4th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Gøggs Gøggs Ty Segall’s sound occupies a broad spectrum, bouncing between dirty garage rock (Slaugtherhouse), psych-folk (Manipulator), and everywhere in between

Motörhead
Clean Your Clock

August 2nd, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Motörhead Clean Your Clock For music fans, the past year has been a particularly brutal stretch of time as it pertains to legends leaving this mortal coil. One of the largest voids was left by

Those Pretty Wrongs
Those Pretty Wrongs

June 24th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Those Pretty Wrongs Those Pretty Wrongs There's a simple, plaintive track about perseverance and moving through life called “Lucky Guy” on Those Pretty Wrongs’ eponymous debut LP that works as a