No one ever wants to be labeled. Who wants to be considered “alternative?” Bands may want to actively shrug the tags, but after a certain point Album Reviews
Peter Murphy
Lion
June 13th, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
No one ever wants to be labeled. Who wants to be considered “alternative?” Bands may want to actively shrug the tags, but after a certain point
Rush Midnight
Rush Midnight
June 3rd, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
For all the guff that electroclash and dance punk got back in the day, at the very least it was great to see someone mining something other than re-warmed
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
A Long Way to the Beginning
May 30th, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
If you are the child of a famous musician, there are two paths that you can take: embrace your parent’s legacy or run as far as you can in the opposite
Parquet Courts
Sunbathing Animal
May 28th, 2014 | by Josie Rubio | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Last year’s Light Up Gold from Brooklyn foursome Parquet Courts made them critics’ darlings, drawing comparisons to Pavement and praise for the band’s
Ben Frost
A U R O R A
May 27th, 2014 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Destructive, defiant, rancid—these are the kind of words Ben Frost tosses around to describe what he's going for on his new release, A U R O R A
Conor Oberst
Upside Down Mountain
May 26th, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
In nearly every article about Conor Oberst, there’s a reference to his past as a former indie prodigy savant. Clearly this one is no different. However
Trans Am
Volume X
May 23rd, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
It’s been more than 20 years since Trans Am emerged as one of the leaders of the post-rock movement. The trio’s blend of standard instrumentation with
Swans
To Be Kind
May 16th, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
It’s an inevitability that any band that broke up in the ‘90s will reform sooner rather than later. But of all the groups to reunite in recent years
Ray LaMontagne
Supernova
May 13th, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Even if you think you don’t know Ray LaMontagne, you’ve probably been unwittingly exposed to his music. A favorite of television and movie
The Girls
Let’s Not Be Friends
May 9th, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Power-pop has always seemed to be the underground of the underground of American music. Full of things that lots of people love