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 Album Reviews
Migos
Yung Rich Nation
August 12th, 2015 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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
Radioactivity
Silent Kill
August 11th, 2015 | by Kevin J. Ellliott | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
It’s a tough task to try to define or even place punk in the 21st century. If only because I was never punk, I don't feel like punk is a salvation, but I do feel
Los Manglers
Between Worlds
August 7th, 2015 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Los Manglers' first full-length, Between Worlds, opens with one of the strongest bubblegum salvos in recent history. On "You Can Call," against a dry
Sarah Kirkland Snider
Unremembered
August 4th, 2015 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | 8 Comments »
With Unremembered, Sarah Kirkland Snider cements her reputation—begun with 2010’s Penelope—as the finest composer for voice of her generation. This song
Heartless Bastards
The Restless Ones
July 27th, 2015 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Listening to the Heartless Bastards’ newest, The Restless Ones, is a frustrating experience. You get to hear a ton of talent and even more chops put to work
White Reaper
White Reaper Does It Again
July 23rd, 2015 | by Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
The debut from White Reaper probably should slay harder than it actually does. The album art for White Reaper Does It Again looks like a snapshot from some
Jason Isbell
Something More Than Free
July 22nd, 2015 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Jason Isbell returns with Something More Than Free, a subtler, more human-scaled record than his breakthrough Southeastern. Its pleasures might not be
Ducktails
St. Catherine
July 17th, 2015 | by Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
As the side gig of guitarist Matt Mondanile, Ducktails is likely to be inextricably linked to Real Estate for as long as time goes on—and there’s probably nothing
Dave Douglas
High Risk
July 13th, 2015 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas has always had a searching eye and an irrepressible curiosity. He doesn’t refuse to look back; he’s not a novelty-junkie
Charlie Hunter Trio
Let the Bells Ring On
July 10th, 2015 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Charlie Hunter’s Let the Bells Ring On is a summation and an expansion of a long career and a way of seeing. Hunter’s love of the spectrum of tonality, his