Category: RECORD REVIEWS

BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT: Motion To Rejoin [Matador]

Recording in a New Mexican mesa using only solar power, Brightblack Morning Light is happy to retreat from apocalyptic dread

September 23, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

Along with ruining the harmonica for every modern-day rocker, Bob Dylan’s influence on other people’s music often comes across as

September 23, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

Time sure has coarsened All Girl Summer Fun Band. On Looking Into It, the Portland, Ore., group’s first album since

September 23, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

When the members of Dead Confederate got together in 1997, it was as a jam band called Redbelly, playing 30-minute

September 16, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

Every big city has one: the band that should’ve made it, the act that, through whatever combination of bad luck,

September 9, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

A year removed from 2007’s blog-tastically acclaimed The Stage Names, Okkervil River is back with its sequel, a collection of

September 9, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

Matt and Bubba Kadane have never been in much of a hurry to do anything, neither with their beloved ’90s

September 9, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania