Since The Soft Moon’s 2010 self-titled debut, Luis Vasquez has been creating dark electronic records as a one-man post-punk outfit. In the intervening years, Album Reviews
The Soft Moon
Criminal
February 23rd, 2018 | by Josie Rubio | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Since The Soft Moon’s 2010 self-titled debut, Luis Vasquez has been creating dark electronic records as a one-man post-punk outfit. In the intervening years,
Simple Minds
Walk Between Worlds
February 21st, 2018 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
With the band’s creative spark seeming to have dimmed many years ago, Simple Minds’ Big Music came virtually out of nowhere in 2014 as a
S. Carey
Hundred Acres
February 19th, 2018 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
S. Carey certainly has a light touch. Most of the sounds on Hundred Acres—from his vocals to the drums—seem to be drifting by on the wind. Not that the album
Calexico
The Thread That Keeps Us
February 12th, 2018 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Calexico has always been quietly more ambitious than you might believe. Over the course of two decades, they’ve constantly pushed the borders of what
Dream Wife
Dream Wife
February 9th, 2018 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
While it’s no secret that the Grammys have never been awarded to the most deserving artists, Recording Academy President Neil Portnow revealed how
David Duchovny
Every Third Thought
February 8th, 2018 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Like a man out of time, David Duchovny has released an album of mid-tempo, masculine rockers, perfectly in-step with the zeitgeist of of 1997. That
Lea Bertucci
Metal Aether
February 7th, 2018 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Lea Bertucci’s Metal Aether deals in an inhalable ambience so rich that it should come with a warning: it could get you dangerously high. The album’s four
Starcrawler
Starcrawler
February 6th, 2018 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Starcrawler went straight from high school to a record deal in an era when kids their age play rock star video games and there no longer are record deals. This
Shame
Songs of Praise
February 4th, 2018 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
With the recent passing of Mark E. Smith, The Fall frontman’s irascible nature has been recalled as much as his incredible body of work. Indeed, it’s hard to
No Age
Snares Like a Haircut
January 31st, 2018 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
A key variable in No Age’s work has been the number and depth of the layers they use to separate listeners from the impetus at the center of their songs. My