Category: RECORD REVIEWS

ROBERT WYATT: Comicopera [Domino]

Former Soft Machine and Matching Mole drummer Robert Wyatt has been making solo albums for more than 30 years, incorporating

October 9, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

BAND OF HORSES: Cease To Begin [Sub Pop]

In the case of Seattle’s Band Of Horses, you can go home again. After guitarist Mat Brooke left the group,

October 9, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

CASS MCCOMBS: Dropping The Writ [Domino]

Cass McCombs doesn’t sit still very often. He’s the kind of troubadour who rides the Greyhound with a few $20

October 9, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

THE HERMIT CRABS: Saw You Dancing [Matinée]

Vintage photograph on the album cover? Check. Trebly, lovesick melodies sharp enough to rip a cardigan sweater? Check. Clever, library-assistant-baiting

October 9, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

DIVISION DAY: Beartrap Island [Eenie Meenie]

In certain circles, it seems like Division Day should be touring for its sophomore album by now instead of celebrating

October 2, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: 100 Days, 100 Nights [World’s Fair]

Those Amy Winehouse grooves resonating the world over? That’s the Dap-Kings laying down most of them, in the pocket and

October 2, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

THE CAVE SINGERS: Invitation Songs [Matador]

Just as no man is an island, no band is a crevasse—and that goes triple for the Cave Singers. The

September 25, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

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