Category: RECORD REVIEWS

Not many musicians get a shot at a second career, especially if their first one lasted more than 15 years

Gravenhurst mainman Nick Talbot is a sad guy, but on the group’s fourth album, he keeps finding new and interesting

Poor, pitiful Pluto. So cold, so dark, so distant. And now that it’s no longer a planet, Clare Muldaur Manchon

Despite the presence of searing hot stars, violent meteoric collisions and assorted NASA jetsam, outer space is primarily composed of

Long saddled with expectations of becoming L.A.’s next big export, Aaron Espinoza and Co. have earned plenty of acclaim, most

After 30 years, the Mekons really are the last gang in town. Although only Jon Langford and Tom Greenhalgh remain

For the New Pornographers, 2005’s Twin Cinema marked a period of significant transition. Not only were the band’s hyper-pop blitzes

Is it selfish to wish misery upon Harlan T. Bobo? Because clearly, that’s when the Memphis troubadour’s best music gets

After 11 years fronting Swedish popsters the Concretes, Victoria Bergsman has pared everything down to allow her delicate, charmingly accented

Most commonly associated with suggestively attired classical crossover artists and that tall dude from Dave Matthews Band, the electric violin