Category: RECORD REVIEWS

As violinist for Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Antony And The Johnsons and others, Joan Wasser possesses impeccable artistic credentials. As

Ladytron’s default mode is steadfast retroism. When the Liverpool band isn’t playing synth pop, it’s shoegazing. On fourth album Velocifero,

Musical liberation has always been Free Kitten’s mantra. Fitting, since its core members hail from some of the past 30

Is there trouble brewing in pop paradise? It sounds like someone’s been cheating on Mates Of State’s watershed fifth album.

If the Black Angels’ 2006 debut was about the unraveling of the American dream—10 songs of alienation and anomie employing

ROYAL BANGS: We Breed Champions [Audio Eagle] Listen to the weary vocals and languid, Strokes-like guitars on “Broke Calculator,” and

Releasing a covers album when you’ve only got three LPs to your own credit can be a dicey notion. Yet

For a group that earned its reputation for the confessional nature of its debut album (2006’s Declare A New State!

Four Tet is usually all about addition, juxtaposition and harmonious collision of potentially incompatible elements. This half-hour EP feels like

Not much happens on Russian Circles’ sophomore album. In fact, you’ll be nearly three minutes into the opening “Campaign” before

For more than a decade, Drew Daniel and MC Schmidt have been taking electronica for a joyride. They’ve sampled liposuction

The Constantines have always come across as a hard-working outfit, but on the 12-track Kensington Heights, they seem for the

Sean Scolnick has one hell of a band behind him. Anybody who’s felt its force in a live setting can

Nobody said loving Tindersticks was easy. Since 1992, the Nottingham, England, outfit has pursued a sonic and lyrical palette according