Category: 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

JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ: In Our Nature [Mute]

For all the Nick Drake comparisons garnered by José González’s 2003 debut Veneer, it’s the work of another José—Feliciano—that’s a

September 25, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

MAGIK MARKERS: Boss [Ecstatic Peace]

If nothing else, this album—produced by Lee Ranaldo and released on Thurston Moore’s label—lends credence to the adage that imitation

September 25, 2007 / RECORD REVIEWS

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania