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 Album Reviews
Alarm Will Sound
Presents Modernists
May 4th, 2016 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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
Pet Shop Boys
Super
April 29th, 2016 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Of all the groups that emerged in the ’80s, the Pet Shop Boys have always maintained a timeless quality—this despite the fact that their chosen genre
Jonathan Richman
Ishkode! Ishkode!
April 25th, 2016 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
As Jonathan Richman’s career has extended into its fourth decade, new albums from the singer-songwriter have grown increasingly ancillary. Even when the
Eric Ambel
Lakeside
April 19th, 2016 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Eric Ambel’s new record Lakeside, his first since 2005’s Knucklehead, is named for the beloved roots rock locus in New York he co-owned and, in the cover
Bibio
A Mineral Love
April 14th, 2016 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Even if you didn’t like Bibio's previous work, which had all the gestures and rituals of a DJ trying to build a human being out of the sounds in his head, you might want
Parquet Courts
Human Performance
April 12th, 2016 | by Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Anxiety is such a crucial component of Parquet Courts’ work. They frequently rail against—or are disillusioned with—the outside world. This feeling
Charles Bradley
Changes
April 11th, 2016 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
One of the less recognized aspects of the crate digging, retro-mining times in which we find ourselves living is that the constant search for the good old stuff has
Emma Pollock
In Search of Harperfield
April 4th, 2016 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
That the Delgados were underappreciated during the band’s existence is only further underscored by how infrequently you hear the Scottish quartet’s name
Anna Meredith
Varmints
March 31st, 2016 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
With her debut pop record, Varmints, classical composer Anna Meredith plays with ghosts to conjure the heartbeat of today. It’s a thoughtful record that