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All Dogs
Kicking Every Day

September 4th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

All Dogs Kicking Every Day All Dogs hail from Columbus, Ohio, a city that’s really not that exciting compared to those most young musicians inhabit. That leaves room for a

Tijuana Panthers
Poster

September 2nd, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Tijuana Panthers Poster Poster, the fourth LP by Long Beach’s Tijuana Panthers, arrives still glistening with a patina of historical punk afterbirth. It’s easy to go through the record and

Beach House
Depression Cherry

September 1st, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Beach House Depression Cherry There’s no doubt about it, Beach House is having one hell of a run, and Depression Cherry continues the group’s streak of hitting the target right in the tiny spot

The Good Life
Everybody’s Coming Down

August 31st, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

The Good Life Everybody’s Coming Down Tim Kaiser may not be a genre onto himself, but he does occupy a good chunk of record store real estate. While not quite at Mike Patton levels of busyness

Tame Impala
Currents

August 27th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Tame Impala Currents Tame Impala’s Currents could, I suppose, be proclaimed as the band’s greatest departure. Lonerism and Innerspeaker were geared toward ’60s

Palehound
Dry Food

August 25th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Palehound Dry Food Palehound’s Dry Food is a charming, low-key record that belies real surprises and resonating stories of turmoil and trauma. It uses the detritus of ‘90s indie

Titus Andronicus
The Most Lamentable Tragedy

August 20th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy The Most Lamentable Tragedy, the fourth proper Titus Andronicus full-length and their first-ever rock opera, is a beast of a record. Documenting frontman

Briana Marela
All Around Us

August 18th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Briana Marela All Around Us Briana Marela’s All Around Us is a stunning mural of blurry sonic photographs, a pastiche of memories, friends, lovers, nature, and most of all herself. Aided

Mas Ysa
Seraph

August 13th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Mas Ysa Seraph Seraph is quite unlike any other record I can name. Any attempts to form expectations by lumping it in with this or that contemporary genre will

Migos
Yung Rich Nation

August 12th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Migos Yung Rich Nation With the semi-implosion of the music industry, the old ways are now in state of constant flux or out the window entirely. Such sea change is particularly