When they released their second album, Odd Blood, in 2010, Yeasayer were on the rise to indie mega-stardom alongside the likes of Grizzly Bear, Beach House, and Album Reviews
Yeasayer
Amen & Goodbye
June 3rd, 2016 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
When they released their second album, Odd Blood, in 2010, Yeasayer were on the rise to indie mega-stardom alongside the likes of Grizzly Bear, Beach House, and
Kvelertak
Nattesferd
June 2nd, 2016 | by Kevin J. Ellliott | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
One of the more discouraging trends of 21st century music has undoubtedly been the increased deconstruction of metal into nth degree
Maria Usbeck
Amparo
June 1st, 2016 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Maria Usbeck’s solo debut, Amparo, is a record of subtle hooks and profound but complicated joy and wistfulness. Recorded with Chairlift’s Caroline
Anohni
Hopelessness
May 26th, 2016 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Jamie Pietras | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | 1 Comment »
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 Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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