Category: RECORD REVIEWS

Essential New Music: Metz’s “II”

Metz spent five years solidifying a reputation as a must-see live band before it ever got around to releasing a

May 18, 2015 / RECORD REVIEWS

With Foil Deer, Speedy Ortiz fully owns its style, quirks and neuroses on a level that would have been unimaginable

Recent chatter around the water cooler concerns the strides Tom Jenkinson has taken toward injecting harsher, more aggressive elements into

For a band that titles its album No Control, Turbo Fruits really seem to have their shit together. We’re loath

The Replacements’ studio output illustrates that the Minnesota legends were at their best together If your dictionary had really good

May 12, 2015 / RECORD REVIEWS

This really could not have gone better. Simply stated, The Magic Whip has all the hallmarks of Blur’s best work—bursting

May 7, 2015 / RECORD REVIEWS

Just say maybe to the first half of My Morning Jacket’s uneven psychedelic-beach output It’s all about location, location, location.

May 1, 2015 / RECORD REVIEWS

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania