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Anohni
Hopelessness

May 26th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Anohni Hopelessness If you’re the type of person who pays attention to the Academy Awards, you may have heard about the controversy concerning the Oscars’ decision not to

Mr. Lif
Don’t Look Down

May 25th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Mr. Lif Don’t Look Down Back in the early 2000s, during what’s possibly the last great movement in “underground” hip-hop, the Definitive Jux label was the “it girl.” The brainchild

Julianna Barwick
Will

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

Julianna Barwick Will Julianna Barwick is an experimental composer and vocalist whose music invites metaphorical comparisons to grandiose landscapes and natural phenomena

White Lung
Paradise

May 19th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

White Lung Paradise There was a time when comparing White Lung to, say, Slayer wasn’t too huge a stretch. That’s in large part because the band was known for its intensity, as

Daniel Ash
Stripped

May 17th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | 1 Comment »

Daniel Ash Stripped If you didn’t know better, it would probably be safe to assume, judging from the title, that the new solo album from Daniel Ash is a mellow, stripped-down

East of Venus
Memory Box

May 16th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

East of Venus Memory Box A New Jersey indie rock supergroup of sorts, East of Venus had been in existence for the past decade, but it wasn’t until last year that the band finally got around

Twin Peaks
Down in Heaven

May 13th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Twin Peaks Down in Heaven Twin Peaks are trying to be indie rock’s wildcard. From Sunken’s dream-pop to Wild Onion’s bratty power-pop to the oldies influences that cover their latest

Hello Dollface
Warrior of Light

May 11th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Hello Dollface Warrior of Light Hello Dollface’s new self-released record, Warrior of Light, takes its name from the inspirational writings of Paulo Coelho. It shares similar thematic material

Alarm Will Sound
Presents Modernists

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

Alarm Will Sound Presents Modernists Alarm Will Sound, the 21-piece chamber orchestra led by Alan Pierson, brings its full power to bear on Alarm Will Sound Presents Modernists. These six

The Thermals
We Disappear

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

The Thermals We Disappear The Thermals career is starting to seem like a long, slow fade to black. They peaked sometime before 2010, and their releases since then have charted a