This solo release from Ezra Holbrook, formerly of The Decemberists, seems to be an extremely personal endeavor, but in the best way possible. Light on the [...]
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EZRA HOLBROOK – Save Yourselfreviewed by Dan Chapman
LA SERA – Devil’s Hearts Grow Goldreviewed by Dan Chapman
When not punching bass riffs in the girl-punk group Vivian Girls, songwriter Katy Goodman explores her tamer side in a dream-pop alter-ego akin to the [...]
BYRDS OF PARADISE – Teenage Symphoniesreviewed by Ian Jones
Teenage Symphonies is more catchy, more aggressive, and more appealing than your Wavves or Best Coast album. The choruses induce sing-alongs whether or not you [...]
COWS by Matthew Stokoereviewed by Michael Kennedy
Akashic Books, 190 pages, trade paperback, $15.95 In high school, we all knew someone who would say really out of control, risqué, and altogether inappropriate [...]
MONOTONIX – Not Yetreviewed by Thomas Pizzola
This group of Israeli madmen is a must-see live act. They usually end up playing on the floor, not the stage, taking their music straight [...]
NOISEAR – Subvert the Dominant Paradigmreviewed by Paul J. Comeau
Yet another project of drummer Bryan Fajardo (Kill the Client/Phobia), Noisear’s debut album for Relapse Subvert the Dominant Paradigm is 29 tracks of balls-to-the-wall grind [...]
GOLDENBOY – Sleepwalkerreviewed by Peter Cauvel
Shon Sullivan began writing the first Goldenboy album while he was on tour playing for Elliott Smith almost 10 years ago. Smith actually coined “Goldenboy” [...]
V/A – The New Hopereviewed by Craig Gilbert
The ’80s were a great time for hardcore/punk. People “skanked.” People “thrashed.” Ye olde counter-clockwise circle was a viable form of movement. And there were [...]
STEPHEN DROZD – The Heart is a Drum Machine (The Score)reviewed by Jon Aubin
The Heart is a Drum Machine is a documentary film that explores humanity’s primal urge to create music. The soundtrack, composed by The Flaming Lips’ [...]
STEPHEN DROZD – The Heart is a Drum Machine (The Score)reviewed by Jake Benjamin
Have you seen the clip from Garden State where instead of The Shins playing when Natalie Portman says, “You gotta hear this one song, it’ll [...]
V/A – Fresh Fruit Vol. 1reviewed by Ian Jones
Fresh Fruit Vol. 1 is a misleading title as there are not any progressive or genre-bending tracks on the compilation. Most of the songs are [...]
THE POISON TREE – S/Treviewed by Andrew Lapham Fersch
Brooklyn’s The Poison Tree doesn’t sound like they are putting out their debut album, but rather that they are in the prime of their career, [...]
SHALINI – Magnetic Northreviewed by Peter Cauvel
The first few chords of opening track, “One of One,” sound almost lifted from ’80s REM. Then, Shalini’s vocals kick in, and there’s no missing [...]
FROM A BASEMENT IN SEATTLE by Brad Klausenreviewed by Andrew Lapham Fersch
Akashic Books, 155 pages, trade paperback, $24.95 Ever have the dream of writing a letter to one of your favorite musicians and having them write [...]
BROKEN RECORDS – Let Me Come Homereviewed by Andrew Lapham Fersch
There’s something rainy and unsettling about parts of the new album from Broken Records. Maybe it’s something in their blood, from growing up in Scotland, [...]
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