Category: RECORD REVIEWS

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

“It takes a good friend to say you’ve got your head up your ass,” sings guitarist/vocalist Warren Spicer. Looking at

Garnering gold-record status in the U.S. and even greater sales overseas, It’s A Shame About Ray has nevertheless failed to

After three decades, Mission Of Burma justly remains one of the college-rock era’s most influential groups. The Boston quartet honed

White vinyl, brightly colored sleeve art, ragged vocals, two short, sharp songs: What’s not to love about this seven-inch? An

In Swans, singer Jarboe was always the spooky bit of beauty that accentuated and made human the sheer terror of

In the ‘80s, long before mp3s or MySpace, bands hunkered down with cheap gear, cranked out demos, dubbed them onto

Depicting a nerdy guy, a chubby guy and a normal guy shooting the shit obliviously while a party rages around

There’s something perversely charming about Kelley Polar’s puckish mucking-about with electronica/post-dance conventions. If you can’t dance to it, what the