Category: RECORD REVIEWS

Essential New Music: Shannon McArdle’s “Summer Of The Whore”

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, especially if she happens to be a songwriter with the means to

August 5, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

Those wondering where Daft Punk’s creative juices went during the period between 2001’s Discovery and 2005’s Human After All might

July 22, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

When did setting poetry to music become cool again, you ask? Well, it didn’t, of course. Ask around on the

July 22, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

The Notwist’s last album, 2003’s Neon Golden, was irresistibly catchy and irretrievably downbeat. Both of those qualities are muted on

June 17, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

If My Brightest Diamond’s 2006 debut Bring Me The Workhorse was singer/songwriter Shara Worden’s dramatic move away from the clutches

June 17, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

From Big Star to beard-era Beatles, Sloan’s sprawling Never Hear The End Of It hit all the classic pop touchstones

June 10, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

“I just want it to be weird,” Jim James told MAGNET last summer, when his still-gestating Evil Urges barely registered

June 10, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS