Category: RECORD REVIEWS
Essential New Music: Jamie xx’s “In Colour”
Better known to his mother as Jamie Smith, Jamie xx is essentially the one-man backline for London beat alchemists and
Essential New Music: Hot Chip’s “Why Make Sense?”
In Our Heads, Hot Chip’s last album, was a masterpiece: an ecstatic, heart-surging testament to the intertwined power of music,
Essential New Music: Leonard Cohen’s “Can’t Forget: A Souvenir Of The Grand Tour”
Drawn from Leonard Cohen’s Herculean world tour of 2012-’13, this rather humbly titled live disc feels like just that—a postcard,
Essential New Music: FFS’ “FFS”
Franz Ferdinand and Sparks want to pump you up The idea of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks together in the studio is
Essential New Music: Sharon Van Etten’s “I Don’t Want To Let You Down”
One of Sharon Van Etten’s talents has always been her ability to make something seem bigger than it actually is.
Essential New Music: The Space Merchants’ “The Space Merchants”
This Brooklyn band refers to itself as “a country band travelling through space” or, when feeling particularly pretentious, “Johnny Cash

















