Category: RECORD REVIEWS

If your John Reis fix has been sated in recent years via his signature fretwork in Hot Snakes, it might

When Pepi Ginsberg opens her mouth to sing, countercultural throwback signifiers come spiraling out: rose-tinted glasses, patchouli clouds, gypsy skirts,

The too-easy quip about Other People is that it sounds like, well, other people. But unless you’ve been watching MTV

When Charles Thompson resurrected his Black Francis moniker for last year’s hard-rocking Bluefinger full-length, the results were uneven but fun.

Even though a sizable chunk of the indie community worships the Radar Bros., the L.A. outfit’s narcotic qualities typically prove

What’s that? An audible, intelligible voice? Singing lyrics that rhyme, in metered cadences? Yes, indeed. In violation of nearly every

We Yanks generally like our pop direct and simple, but the second album from Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit reminds us it

Although he made a wealth of intriguing music while fronting Karate, Geoff Farina never quite rose to the ranks of

If you’re looking for an antidote to the predictable seasonal deluge of summertime’s breezy pop pabulum, you could do worse

Are Dave Fridmann’s eardrums still functioning? Maybe he stood a little too close to Mercury Rev’s bass monitor or spent

However you may feel about the musical contributions of Devendra Banhart, Six Organs Of Admittance and their often-bearded ilk, they

Ah, the Black Keys. The poor man’s White Stripes, if you will. A cruel, lazy, hackneyed comparison that’s well past

One of the key elements that made Sun Kil Moon’s 2003 album Ghosts Of The Great Highway so remarkable was

Given the Apples In Stereo’s recent return to their shiny happy pop roots, Electronic Projects For Musicians sounds unfocused. But