It has been six years since Canada’s own The Planet Smashers released their last album, Unstoppable. With their newest effort, Descent into the Valley of [...]
Akashic Books, 300 pages, trade paperback, $15.95 It’s scary how transformative drugs can be. Don’t believe me? Sit down and read at least one story [...]
On January 24th, Nada Surf released their latest critically-acclaimed album The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy. They have just unveiled the music video for “When I Was Young,” [...]
Deerhoof is releasing a series of collaborative seven-inch records featuring guest vocalists singing self-composed lyrics and vocal melodies over a Deerhoof instrumental. Their latest is [...]
Summit Entertainment 102 min., dir. by Asger Leth, with Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, and Ed Harris Last year, I wrote a fairly scathing review of [...]
Former Audrye Sessions frontman Ryan Karazija’s solo debut album is one that could easily be described in glittering generalities: “beautiful,” “stunning,” and “marvelous” are all [...]
Rest Our Wings, the latest LP from the northern California singer-songwriter Robin Bacior, opens with beautiful piano chords and whimsical harmonies. Unlike many of her [...]