On RTJ2, El-P and Killer Mike, a.k.a. Run the Jewels, show that just because your tracks are bouncin’ doesn’t mean your rhymes can’t be heavy and hard. It’s Album Reviews
Run the Jewels
RTJ2
November 13th, 2014 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
On RTJ2, El-P and Killer Mike, a.k.a. Run the Jewels, show that just because your tracks are bouncin’ doesn’t mean your rhymes can’t be heavy and hard. It’s
The Twilight Sad
Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
November 12th, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
For many bands, the further their careers progress, the trickier it gets to do something new. The Twilight Sad has avoided that
Les Sins
Michael
November 9th, 2014 | by Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
While it was may have been Washed Out's “Feel It All Around”—popularized by Portlandia and thus becoming the indie kid soundscape of urbania
His Name Is Alive
Tecuciztecatl
November 7th, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
After an early life as one of the quintessential 4AD bands, His Name Is Alive has taken a dizzying amount of musical twists and turns over the past 24 years
Oozing Wound
Earth Suck
November 5th, 2014 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
I played the crap out of Oozing Wound’s debut, Retrash, after events that forced me to wear a tie and act like an adult. It helped me to let go of the bullshit
Lucinda Williams
Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
November 4th, 2014 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Amazingly, Lucinda Williams’ rambling, 20-track double-dose of Southern discomfort, Down Where the Sprit Meets the Bone, is
Annie Lennox
Nostalgia
October 29th, 2014 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Nostalgia seems harmless, but Annie Lennox’s so-named new album is a real oddity. Ice Queen Annie, she of buzz cuts and Scottish alabaster, heady
The Melvins
Hold It In
October 23rd, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
After 31 years in the music game, The Melvins have reached a point where they have a blank check to do whatever their hearts desire. To be fair, the groundwork
Foxygen
…And Star Power
October 22nd, 2014 | by Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Reportedly, Foxygen frontmen Sam France and Jonathan Rado aren't too fond of each other; a touring member revealed in a blog post that the duo
Maggie Björklund
Shaken
October 20th, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Even if you’re a solo artist, you never do it alone. And even if you have one-man band skills, once it’s time to take it on the road, you’ll need some help