Category: RECORD REVIEWS

M83: Saturdays=Youth [Mute]

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

April 15, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

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

April 14, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

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

April 8, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

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

April 8, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

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

April 8, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

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

April 8, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

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

April 1, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania