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Released on Carrot Top Records
If you’re looking for a melancholy yet carefree album of love songs Honey Moon, The Handsome Family’s eighth studio release, is it. Brett and Rennie Sparks take you on a journey through starry skies, winding corn mazes, petrified forests, and the dusty roads of Albuquerque to celebrate their twentieth year of [...]
Released on Matador Records
Have you ever picked up (or been handed) an album and popped it into your listening device only to listen to half of the album (unintentionally from finish to start-stupid listening device) before putting together all the pieces to the puzzle and realizing what you are truly listening to? You thought that [...]
Fantasies is Metric’s fourth release and I was awaiting it with anticipation since their 2005 Live It Out, both on Last Gang Records. And, to be honest, before I badgered Christine to obtain this album so I could review it, I was listening to it online daily.
For long time Metric fans, Fantasies should live up [...]
Let It Sway by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Released by Polyvinyl Records
Finally, the wait for a new Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin album is over! And the wait was well worth it. SSLYBY cranks out another rock pop golden album full of hooks, pops and kicks. Don’t be afraid to shake and clap [...]
Serotonin by Mystery Jets
Released by Rough Trade Records
Normally when I review an album of a band I’m not familiar I don’t research the band or what other people have to say. I try to keep all bad and good influences out and just base my opinion on what I hear.
And the first impulse was that [...]
I just love the wonderful people whom have been hyping this album up since Arcade Fire’s last release Neon Bible [2007]. I even believed that Arcade Fire would be taking this release to the next level since they had impressed me with each release thus far… that was until I listened to this sub-par hunk of monkey crap of a release this past [...]
American Gong by Quasi
Released by Kill Rock Stars
For most bands, 10 albums over 17 years is an achievement. For Quasi, it is more of a toss off—something to do in between the real gigs. Their 10th album, “American Gong,” has a feel of a band that is sticking around just for the sake of longevity. [...]
Chicago’s Power Poppin and Glam Rockin’ majestic within this four-piece of three girls and a panda has released their latest recording ‘Big Bang’ which is chalk full of vocal harmonies, riffs, and some straight forward rock songs. ‘Big Bang’ is a fun EP for all of you whom like the sounds of Veruca Salt, Heart, [...]
Avi Buffalo self-titled
Released from Subpop Records 4/27/2010
You’ll hear a lot about Avi Buffalo and it seems that a lot of reviews mention their ages – fuck their ages. The quality of Avi Buffalo’s self-titled album has nothing to do with how old or young they are. It’s simply a great album.
Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg leads this band [...]
Say Us by Zeus
Released by Arts & Crafts
On Zeus’ debut album, Say Us, you’ll hear a lot of the familiar: The Band, the Beatles, the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, the Eagles and any type of 1970s rock. Perhaps it’s the piano-driven songs or the tight harmonies, but the album as a whole sounds like a [...]
Two Thousand and Ten Injuries by Love Is All
Released by Polyvinyl Records
It’s almost summertime and perfect for a new Love is All album. Two Thousand and Ten Injuries will rise to the top of my spring/summer soundtrack with it’s upbeat spunky female leads and punky tweepop giddiness. This album is pure fun. It’s perfect for [...]
