This San Diego outfit boasts a slightly harder indie rock sound than their contemporaries; but ultimately this record sounds like it was rolled off an [...]

Roger Harvey’s latest album released under his pseudonym was produced by Chris “#2” Barker of the pop-punk outfit Anti-Flag. The result is a very catchy [...]

Mr. Wells is in the wrong business: he should have been a blues singer. On his homage to Louisville, Kentucky, he can’t live with your [...]

The British band Foals’ debut record Antidotes was called a “special album,” so it’s no surprise that this second release surely follows suit.  Like Local [...]

“Was it good for you?” asks the lead singer in the appropriately hazy “The Other Side of A Dream.”  It was actually very good for [...]

This debut release from the Los Angeles musician Hannis Brown — which is chock full of hauntingly eerie vocals, avant-garde jazz, and hip-hop samples — [...]

You’ll either love or hate Grand Unifying Theory, the first release from this experimental rock trio in a decade.  Recorded during live sessions in 2008 [...]

Spirituality in the modern age is the theme that unites elements as disparate as lo-fi folk, hip-hop, and Tuvinian throat singing on this limited edition [...]

As we all know, in life there are few constants; yet these days, radio friendly pop-punk records seem to be one of them. This particular [...]

The Silver Lake quintet Local Natives have been compared to groups such as Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, and other bands that combine modern day indie rock with international influences. However, to this lowly reviewer’s ears, there are no hints of afropop, or lo-fi calamity present on their debut full-length…

Brevity is the soul of the Crystal Skulls’ bassist’s contribution to Asthmatic Kitty’s “Library Catalog Music Series,” whose previous volumes include a collaboration involving Sufjan [...]