Now that we’re halfway through the second decade of the 2000s, it seems appropriate to look back at the early part of the century with some amber-colored Album Reviews
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Rivington Não Rio
May 18th, 2015 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Now that we’re halfway through the second decade of the 2000s, it seems appropriate to look back at the early part of the century with some amber-colored
Guantanamo Baywatch
Darling… It’s Too Late
May 15th, 2015 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
On its new record, Darling... It’s Too Late, Portland trio Guantanamo Baywatch doesn’t scrape the muck of its previous outings away so much as makes it less
Hop Along
Painted Shut
May 13th, 2015 | by Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
The essence of Hop Along, as vocalist and songwriter Frances Quinlan might say, isn’t in its melodies or sonic tracks, but rather in the prose. That isn’t to say
Torres
Sprinter
May 12th, 2015 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Much in the way Dr. Martens and flannel shirts have slowly come back into vogue, the guitar-driven sonics of the ‘90s have been on a similar return path.
Jacco Gardner
Hypnophobia
May 11th, 2015 | by Richard Sanford | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Dutch revivalist Jacco Gardner’s Hypnophobia pays tribute to the psychedelic and orchestral pop of the late ‘60s (as well as its ‘80s and ‘90s revivals)
My Morning Jacket
Waterfall
May 8th, 2015 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
This is something I would not have thought possible. My Morning Jacket has very skillfully combined the merits of its influences with the energy of its masterful
Wire
Wire
May 6th, 2015 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
If time has proven anything, it’s that Wire are forever the iconoclasts. After exploring some ideas leftover from the ’80s with their last album, 2013’s Change
Death
N.E.W.
May 1st, 2015 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
The story of Death is a common one with an unlikely outcome. As detailed in the excellent 2012 documentary, A Band Called Death, inspired by
Sam Fermin
Jackrabbit
April 27th, 2015 | by Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Principal San Fermin orchestrator Ellis Ludwig-Leone is no stranger to classical-inflected grandiosity. With songs like the breakout “Sonsick” off
Calexico
Edge of the Sun
April 24th, 2015 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Since 1997, Calexico has lived up to the promise of its name. Drawing on Mexican music traditions, they’ve created a soundtrack to desert living with a dose