Category: RECORD REVIEWS

MAJOR STARS: Mirror/Messenger [Drag City]

Listening to the sixth record from Boston’s Major Stars is a little like stumbling across a character-rich old house that’s

November 20, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

When Fugazi bassist Joe Lally released 2006 solo debut There To Here, he confounded and disappointed many longtime fans of

November 20, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

With the muffled reveries of Something Else-era Kinks and the reduced heart rate of the Velvet Underground’s third album acting

October 23, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

From ’80s college-rock footnote to ’90s one-hit wonder to Grammy-winning Dixie Chicks co-writer—talk about a kooky career trajectory. For someone

October 16, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

It’s been only a year and a half since Beirut’s debut was released to gushing praise, followed by tours of

October 9, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

The third full-length from guileless Swedish heartthrob Jens Lekman is chock full of all manner of swingin’ fabulousness. Blue-eyed (and

October 9, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

Labeling Sunset Rubdown a side project has always felt a little too presumptuous. Even after Wolf Parade co-frontman Spencer Krug

October 9, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania