What would drive me out into a cool and rainy night in Austin, winding down Lamar with some Bali Shag and a cold cup of [...]

Back in 2006, a group of like-minded artist/musician folks gathered under the cerebellum of Ian Dudley and recorded the self-titled LP The Woods. It was [...]

Sometimes even the most talented musicians just don’t sound right together. It’s like watching Jeff Beck perform with Yo-Yo Ma — both are brilliant in [...]

This album has a serious DIY sound and feel. Which doesn’t have to be a bad thing, but in this case sorta is. The Push-Pull [...]

Timber Timbre’s self-titled album is one of those outings that would best be described as the soundtrack to a film that’s yet to be made. [...]

Lou Reed once asked, “What becomes a legend most?” No doubt the unfailingly modest Lou Barlow would blanch at being called a “legend.” And yet [...]

Singer-guitarist Mat Brooke had big plans for Grand Archives’ sophomore album. The band had written a slew of new songs, and honed them during sound [...]

The Beatings have been beating out records for nearly a decade. That they haven’t achieved more notoriety is confounding considering the quality evidenced throughout their [...]

I’m not even sure that the messed-up mind of Phil Spector could envision this. Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies take the best of the [...]

There is something to be said for the way a song is constructed. It doesn’t matter what kind of ornamentation a band places on the [...]

King of Jeans. The title of Pissed Jeans’ third album and second for Sub Pop conjures their essence perfectly—-masters of the mundane, beasts of the [...]

I’m one of the biggest fans of the garage rock revival, but it’s a canvas concerned near-exclusively with primary colors. That being said, Zeus plays [...]

What can be said about The Clean? In 1978, they were the seeds of New Zealand punk and the reason for the founding of Flying [...]

Panther is back with Entropy, an LP of new material from the prolific Portland originators of “floor dancing.” This vinyl gem, released by Kill Rock [...]

The Ropes are a musical duo from New York City made up of lead singer/bassist Sharon Shy and the multi-talented Toppy, who plays just about [...]