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Album Review: Wooden Shjips – West

Richard S Jones·September 22, 2011

When Ripley Johnson first pulled Wooden Shjips together back in 2005, their chosen trajectory toward the lo-fi oscillating...

Jon Blistein·September 21, 2011

There’s something really cool going on in Nashville right now: A guitar-rock revival of sorts, one that celebrates...

Brendan Frank·September 21, 2011

Bradford Cox is releasing consistently good music at a pace quicker than nearly any other artist that you’d...

Alex Phillimore·September 21, 2011

Glazin’ is exactly what you might expect from the début release of a new and upcoming band of...

Erik Burg·September 20, 2011

When critics talk about the resurgence of Scandinavian music on a global scale, they usually touch on esoteric...

Rob Hakimian·September 20, 2011

Peter Wolf Crier’s debut album, Inter-Be, was an understated and quietly compelling album that unfairly flew under the...

Chase McMullen·September 19, 2011

I hope the record eventually shows I was the first journalist to describe anything related to Mobb Deep as “cute.”

Ray Finlayson·September 19, 2011

It’s rather interesting to look back at the teaser trailer that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah revealed months...

Toby McCarron·September 19, 2011

It’s always enjoyable to watch the progression of a great artist, from the humble beginning to becoming a...

Ray Finlayson·September 16, 2011

It’s no secret that Laura Marling writes personal songs, the subject matter of which has moved from youthful...