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Passion Pit
Kindred

April 22nd, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Passion Pit Kindred Passion Pit, the solo project as poptronica band of Michael Angelakos, has always assumed a baby face. As on “I’ll Be Alright,” “Carried Away” (of

Donny McCaslin
Fast Future

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

Donny McCaslin Fast Future Donny McCaslin, a leading light as saxophonist and bandleader in contemporary jazz, returns with Fast Future. This new record expands upon and refines the work

Fred Thomas
All Are Saved

April 15th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Fred Thomas All Are Saved If you spent even a modicum of time listening to college radio in the early 2000s you likely stumbled upon Michigan’s Saturday Looks Good To Me

Toro y Moi
What For?

April 9th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Toro y Moi What For? Chaz Bundick’s been flexing his songwriting muscles a lot lately. Under the guise of Les Sins on last year’s Michael and now on his fourth long-player as

Faith Healer
Cosmic Troubles

April 6th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Faith Healer Cosmic Troubles Jessica Jalbert is a sorceress, but you shouldn't feel out of the loop if you've never heard the name. Doing a little research, one finds that Jalbert released

Van Morrison
Duets: Re-working the Catalogue

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

Van Morrison Duets: Re-working the Catalogue Unfortunately, if you make popular music long enough, you get trapped into recording at least one duets album. You will dust off

Liturgy
The Ark Work

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

Liturgy The Ark Work Liturgy’s first release in four years, The Ark Work, is a profoundly discomfiting record, but one that never hits the levels of profundity it seeks. Opening with

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Chasing Yesterday

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

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Chasing Yesterday Oasis had probably one of the strangest break-ups in music history. When the band called it quits in 2009, Liam Gallagher and most

Modest Mouse
Strangers to Ourselves

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

Modest Mouse Strangers to Ourselves It really doesn’t feel like Modest Mouse ever was off the radar, right? But save for their 2009 EP, No One’s First and You’re Next, a record largely filled with

The Skints
FM

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

The Skints FM With nearly 200,000 immigrants from Jamaica arriving during the mid-20th century, England has long been a hotbed of cultural imports from its one-time