Stornoway’s debut, Beachcomber’s Windowsill, starts off strong with “Zorbing,” a real thing (rolling down a hill in one of those giant inflatable, cushioned hamster balls). [...]

Penny Sparkle, the forthcoming album from Blonde Redhead, marks yet another sonic twist in the adventurous canon of this New York City based group. The band [...]

“This place is beautiful” said Matt Berninger, right after his band sauntered through Boxer (2007) favorite “Start a War,” and he was right. Spreckels Theatre has always been one of San Diego’s primary classical establishments; in fact, the baroque embellishments and marble statues give it a flat-out regal feel — which is not exactly the type of ambiance rock bands are equipped to embrace, but The National’s melancholy, yuppie-blind stigma really brings out the white-collarness of it al

When I was asked to interview Camera Obscura, my utter excitement was immediately trumped by nervousness. I’ve always been under the impression that if the [...]

The 2010 Sasquatch Music Festival is now in the bag, and now that the last notes of Ween’s epic closing set have floated back into the ether, I am here to fill you in. The weekend, which took place at The Gorge Ampitheatre in George, Washington, in was chock full of good, bad, and some truly ugly moments.

Camera Obscura formed in Glasgow in 1996, releasing a slew of singles leading up to their debut CD Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi (2001, UK). The band slowly [...]

The National’s High Violet is a nervy, melodic, explosive and beautiful set of songs that find the band at the height of their collaborative powers. The [...]

A couple tracks into Efterklang’s newest album, Magic Chairs, I was ready to write them off as a pseudo-Arcade Fire rip-off band. It’s easy criticism. [...]

Newly signed to 4AD, the Copenhagen-based quartet Efterklang made their label debut with Magic Chairs, their third full-length studio album, which was released on February 23, 2010. [...]

The use of atmospheric sound is very tricky to utilize in a way that sounds appealing and marketable. It’s been experimented with time and time [...]

Has it really been almost two months since our last mix? Hey, give us a break. We’ve been busy. All this groundbreaking music coverage doesn’t write itself, you know. Plus, we had the holidays to contend with. Everyone’s busy around the holidays, right? Yeah, that’s a feasible excuse…

The Rain Machine discussed here is neither snake-oil nor cash money precipitation, but rather the debut album from Kyp Malone, singer and guitarist of TV [...]

As prolific as he is as a recording artist, Kyp Malone is terribly difficult to define. From his band’s hard-fought successes, Malone and his band [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #20 Like the butterfly that is a recurring image in their music, Blonde Redhead has undergone a transformation. Having previously [...]