Album Review: The Weeknd – House of Balloons FM Stringer·May 4, 2011Tracking the trending buzz genres of a given moment can feel a bit an exercise in falsehood. How...Album ReviewsRecommended
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Album Review: Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues Philip Cosores·May 2, 2011“What good is it to sing helplessness blues?” Robin Pecknold asks near the middle of the song “Helplessness...Album ReviewsRecommended
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Album Review: Julian Lynch – Terra Alex Phillimore·April 29, 2011The ninth track on Julian Lynch’s LP, Terra, is called “Disappointment.” The song thankfully does not live up...Album Reviews
Album Review: Mesita – Here’s To Nowhere Ray Finlayson·April 29, 2011It’s been just over two years since James Cooley released Cherry Blossoms and made the Mesita moniker something...Album Reviews
Album Review: Timber Timbre – Creep On Creepin’ On Rob Hakimian·April 28, 2011Creep On Creepin’ On sounds like the soundtrack to a horror movie: fraught strings, plinking pianos, moaning vocals...Album ReviewsRecommended
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Album Review: Rene Hell – The Terminal Symphony Josh Becker·April 27, 2011One of Rene Hell’s last.fm tags is “abstract.” This at first seems like a redundant description; after all,...Album Reviews
