Category: RECORD REVIEWS

DEVENDRA BANHART: Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon [XL]

Authenticity is such a bore. Where is the real Devendra Banhart? On his fifth album, he’s Elvis Presley one minute,

September 25, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

The fourth album by these Icelandic chamber-laptoppers is so tangible, you can practically cuddle with it. Go Go Smear The

September 24, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

Few bands sneered as brilliantly as the late, lamented Mclusky, the abrasive Welsh noise/punk trio whose Steve Albini-recorded albums burned

September 24, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

For years, Carolyn Mark played a sort of wise-cracking truck-stop-waitress character in the alt-country world. Over the course of four

September 18, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

Les Savy Fav’s deserved reputation as a rowdy, irrepressibly fun live act has often overshadowed any serious intentions in its

September 18, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

“I need to leave the cracks and creases in,” sings Grey Race frontman Jon Darling on “Cracks.” You’d never know

September 18, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

By plundering Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer and Leafhound riffs and sprinkling the grunge ashes of Soundgarden over the prog/metal of

September 18, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS