Album Review: Andrew Bird – Noble Beast Elias Isquith·July 28, 2009Andrew Bird’s latest LP is quite well represented by its cover art. It’s his most natural sounding release–organic...Album Reviews
Album Review: Ben Kweller – Changing Horses Elias Isquith·July 28, 2009Ben Kweller’s always been an artist I’ve found to be disappointing. Disappointing in the sense that, on each...Album Reviews
Album Review: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Elias Isquith·July 28, 2009The Pains of Being Pure at Heart debuts with a concise, catchy and thoroughly conventional record of shoegazing...Album Reviews
Album Review: The Dead Weather – Horehound Elizabeth Holden·July 27, 2009With The Dead Weather’s debut album Horehound, Jack White gives another album (and band) the golden touch by...Album Reviews
Live Review: Brand New – HMV Forum, London 6/27/2009 Rob Hakimian·July 12, 2009Brand New don't play in the UK very often, in fact they did not touch down on British shores at all in 2008. This may seem a bit unfair, but it turns out it may well be a blessing in disguise.Live Reviews
Album Review: Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca John Ulmer·July 7, 2009So much has been written about Bitte Orca, the latest album by Dirty Projectors, that it’s an almost...Album Reviews
Album Review: The Fiery Furnaces – I’m Going Away Bill Delaney·June 29, 2009It’s been two years since the Fiery Furnaces’ last studio album. Considering they’ve released (at least) one LP...Album Reviews
Album Review: Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslayer Andrew Steadman·June 27, 2009A record with a name like Dragonslayer calls to mind fantasy prog-metal, perhaps by the venerable Ronnie James...Album Reviews
Album Review: The Field – Yesterday and Today Elizabeth Holden·June 25, 2009The work of Axel Willner, aka The Field, combines electronic loops with blips and waves of smooshing sound...Album Reviews
Album Review: The Mars Volta – Octahedron Adam Clair·June 24, 2009Art is about restraint, about boundaries organic and artificial. It’s not about limitless possibilities but rather about extremely...Album Reviews
