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Leonard Cohen
Popular Problems

October 8th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Leonard Cohen Popular Problems With an iconoclastic artist like Leonard Cohen, a new album is almost irrelevant. Possessing a lengthy discography of records filled with the kind of religious

Erasure
The Violet Flame

October 3rd, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Erasure The Violet Flame If thrash metal has its “big four” (Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer), then synth-pop needs to have a “big three.” The members would be Depeche Mode

Tricky
Adrian Thaws

October 1st, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Tricky Adrian Thaws Since coming back from a five-year absence with Knowle West Boy in 2008, Tricky has been on a bit of a tear. While he hasn’t approached the prolificacy

Caribou
Our Love

September 26th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Caribou Our Love Caribou, the performance name of the Dundas, Ontario, composer/musician Dan Snaith, has seen a few changes in its lifetime (not unlike Snaith himself

Information Society
Hello World

September 24th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | 5 Comments »

Information Society Hello World An underappreciated aspect of the ’80s is just how much weird stuff not only invaded pop culture, but also became wildly popular. Of course with the passage

Karen O
Crush Songs

September 23rd, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Karen O Crush Songs Feeling rejected or receiving the brunt of a break up seems universal. Equally so might be the spurt of inspiration that comes of it. While dumped laymen

God Help the Girl
God Help the Girl: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

September 22nd, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

God Help the Girl God Help the Girl: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack This is a bit complicated, but try to stay with me. In 2004, Stuart Murdoch, leader of Belle & Sebastian, decided to launch a girl-group

Sinkane
Mean Love

September 19th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Sinkane Mean Love The man known to the public as Sinkane, but to the government and his friends as Ahmed Gallab has always been a hard one to pin down. After three records

U2
Songs of Innocence

September 17th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

U2 Songs of Innocence I’ll get right to the point: this album stinks! It reeks like the bloated and putrid corpse of The Fly, Bono’s leather-bound, sunglasses-sporting alter-ego

Merchandise
After the End

September 10th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Merchandise After the End Don’t be fooled. Though Gainesville, Florida’s Merchandise have warned us that they have “blown up” their former selves, version 1.0 of the band, and have