reviews
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After a somewhat surprising “break,” the Strokes have come back with a vengeance, wielding a new single from their upcoming album, “Cover of Darkness.” Is this track for you? Find out in this review. Review: The Strokes- Cover of Darkness Stream: The Strokes- Cover of Darkness (article link)
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James Blake’s debut album is loaded with gorgeous layers of synthesizers, beats, samples, and crooning vocals. When it comes to creating a series a pretty sounds, this guy’s album spins like gold. There’s more good than bad happening on this LP, certainly, but some moments here come
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Cut Copy’s latest album is sweet, danceable, and good-natured. There’s no denying that. But the personality on this album–or lack of it, really–is what prevents this album from sticking with me. The vocal melodies and lyrics are pretty underwhelming, and the grooves don’t hit as
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Earth’s first installment of Angels of Darkness, Demons of light is a hefty dose of the same medicine they’ve been feeding us since Hex in ’05. When it comes to concocting musical sedatives, Earth’s receptive is still pretty potent; however, I’m having trouble calling this LP
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Dumbo Gets Mad’s debut album is a pretty hefty piece of psychedelic rock and pop. Rarely does anything about this LP come off as “normal.” We’re basically talking about an album full of odd synths, chipmunked vocals, bubble samples, and lyrics about prawns. So it’s hard to
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On John Vanderslices’ latest album, the singer-songwriter works with California’s Magik*Magik Orchestra to bring a new level of intricacy to his music. Nearly every song here is lavishly decorated with brass, woodwinds, and strings, but the live recording style keeps the music from feeling static or confined. Some
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The Kills unleash a heavy, distorted firestorm on their new single, “Satellite.” The track will be featured on the duo’s upcoming album, Blood Pressures. Is this track for you? Find out in the review. Review: The Kills- Satellite Stream: The Kills Satellite
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Fleet Foxes’ latest song is an epic tease toward their sophomore album. Not only is the production fantastic, but the song structure and lyrics show a lot of ambition–even though they deal with the fear of being a small fish in a big pond. If all the songs on
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Talib Kweli dropped his fifth studio LP Gutter Rainbows this past month, and it’s a surprising mix of social issues and positive vibes. It’s not always easy to play both sides of the isle, though. Review: Talib Kweli- Mr. International feat. Nigel Hall Stream: Talib Kweli- Mr. International
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Braids’ debut LP is a fun exercise in trippy, electronic psychedelia. The vocal and drum mixing and recording could have been a lot better, but the rest of this album is too good to deny. The pulsating synths bounce from one wall to another, the song lengths sprawl out into
