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The Tallest Man on Earth
Dark Bird Is Home

May 19th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

The Tallest Man on Earth Dark Bird Is Home It’s possible to pinpoint the moment when Kristian Matsson, the man who records under the alias of The Tallest Man on Earth, started to expand his

Prefuse 73
Rivington Não Rio

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

Prefuse 73 Rivington Não Rio 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  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Guantanamo Baywatch Darling… It’s Too Late 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  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Hop Along Painted Shut 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  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Torres Sprinter 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  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Jacco Gardner Hypnophobia 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  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

My Morning Jacket Waterfall 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  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Wire Wire 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  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Death N.E.W. 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  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Sam Fermin Jackrabbit Principal San Fermin orchestrator Ellis Ludwig-Leone is no stranger to classical-inflected grandiosity. With songs like the breakout “Sonsick” off