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Tough Age
Tough Age

November 18th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Tough Age Tough Age Had Tough Age been stomping around during the late-60s explosion of garage-rock fever infiltrating the underground music scene in America

Luscious Jackson
Magic Hour

November 15th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Luscious Jackson Magic Hour Music fans should be used to the fact that we’re on track to have every band from the ’90s reunited, from the cult bands to the stadium-packers

Magik Markers
Surrender to the Fantasy

November 14th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Magik Markers Surrender to the Fantasy It’s no secret that the annihilation of rock & roll has been a relentless undertaking in punk circles for half a century now. Chalk it up to volleys

Chris Garneau
World Games

November 13th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Chris Garneau World Games Sometimes the music of the moment seeps into the collective consciousness and influences everything. Take grunge, for instance: Creed felt Pearl Jam

Robert Glasper Experiment
Black Radio 2

November 12th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Robert Glasper Experiment Black Radio 2 Sequelitis is commonplace in Hollywood, but its “familiarity breeds comfort” approach has increasingly gotten a foothold in the music industry

The Chills
Somewhere Beautiful

November 8th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

The Chills Somewhere Beautiful Throughout their 35-year existence, The Chills (along with the Tall Dwarfs, The Clean, and The Verlaines) have exemplified the so-called “Dunedin sound,”

Sky Ferreira
Night Time, My Time

November 7th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Sky Ferreira  Night Time, My Time With Sky Ferreira’s long-in-the-making debut album, Night Time, My Time, it’s important to separate the artist from the art. Much has been made

Poliça
Shulamith

November 5th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Poliça Shulamith Poliça have always been an interestingly skewed proposition. Emerging in 2011 as a spin-off from the Minneapolis super-group/collective Ganygs

Wymond Miles
Cut Yourself Free

October 31st, 2013  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Wymond Miles Cut Yourself Free Upon first listen, Cut Yourself Free eludes to a world heavy with brooding sentimentality. There’s a particular strain of self-loathing

Morcheeba
Head Up High

October 25th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Morcheeba Head Up High In the late '90s, on the cusp of the new millennium, everyone was excited about the space-age future, which was reflected in the trends of the time