Category: RECORD REVIEWS
ERIC MATTHEWS: The Imagination Stage [Empyrean]
At some point, you’d figure that Eric Matthews’ hermetic lifestyle (secreted away in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain range,
Essential New Music: The Magnetic Fields’ “Distortion”
A man can only wield a ukulele for so long before he runs back to the electric guitar. Anyone who
KING OF PRUSSIA: Save The Scene [Kindercore]
Awash in reverberating melodies, hazy harmonies and many a channel-changing echo effect, the production on King Of Prussia’s debut album
REVEREND ORGANDRUM: Hi-Fi Stereo [Yep Roc]
This side project from Jim Heath (a.k.a. Reverend Horton Heat) is an instrumental celebration of vintage barroom trios, and it
MARAH: Angels Of Destruction! [Yep Roc]
Angels and devils, detox and drink, stray dogs and distant loves, New York and Spain: Angels Of Destruction! presents enough
THE BREAKUP SOCIETY: Nobody Likes A Winner [Get Hip]
Newspaper writer and music critic Ed Masley—originally from Pittsburgh, now hailing from Phoenix—pens songs akin to those of kindred spirit
EX-BOYFRIENDS: In With [Absolutely Kosher]
It’s not always easy coming up with nice things to say about an ex. But in the case of Ex-Boyfriends,
















