Category: RECORD REVIEWS

Record Review: The Skygreen Leopards’ “The Jingling World Of The Skygreen Leopards”
When Donavan Quinn and Glenn Donaldson started the Skygreen Leopards in 2001, they agreed upon some ground rules. They would

Record Review: Titus Andronicus’ “A Productive Cough”
The shift that Titus Andronicus makes with A Productive Cough shouldn’t catch us off guard—long have Patrick Stickles and Co.

Franz Ferdinand: All My Friends
Franz Ferdinand is playing at James Murphy’s house. One of the best Franz Ferdinand performances is on an LCD Soundsystem

Record Review: Franz Ferdinand’s “Always Ascending”
Franz Ferdinand seems to have a thing for laziness. In addition to the Glasgow band’s generally louche persona, there’s a

Record Review: The Decemberists’ “I’ll Be Your Girl”
Anyone who’s been cussed out by “Ben Franklin’s Song” knows Colin Meloy still has some poison left in his quill.

Record Review: Weezer’s “Weezer”
Weezer, the 10th album by Weezer, is about as good (or bad, your call) as Weezer, several measures worse than

Record Review: The Late Greats’ “Kids You Knew”
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream and Jesus And Mary Chain fame is often noted with the phrase, “A band is only

Record Review: Erroll Garner “The Complete Concert By The Sea”
Sixty years ago today, explosively melodic jazz pianist Erroll Garner lit a fire in a Carmel By The Sea, Calif.,