LP Review
Alabama Shakes ‘Boys & Girls’
It is easy to forget that The Alabama Shakes’ debut effort Boys & Girls is only the band’s first attempt at original songwriting, let alone
White Rabbits ‘Milk Famous’
The band’s sophomore LP, 2009’s It’s Frightening, was produced by Spoon lead singer Britt Daniel and mixed by Mike McCarthy, who produced or co-produced four
Little Barrie ‘King of the Waves’
From the start, Waves swells with sounds from the British Invasion. ‘Surf Hell’ gets all up in your face from the get-go by channeling that
Lowry ‘Emporia’
Based out of Brooklyn, Lowry emerged on the indie rock scene in 2005 with their debut studio album Awful Joy, and have since created a
Howlin Rain ‘the Russian Wilds’
What is encased within the sleeves of the Russian Wilds is Miller’s most poignant musical statement to date. Carefully crafted pop arrangements mixed with psychedelic
Royal Canoe ‘Extended Play’
Royal Canoe is a band from Winnipeg, so MuchMusic [the Canadian version of MTV] might have been their gateway into catholic listening, but they, too,
Stephen Kellogg ‘Gift Horse’
Singer/songwriter Stephen Kellogg isn’t taking anything for granted. At least, that’s the loose theme of Gift Horse, the fifth studio CD from Stephen Kellogg and
Mocean Worker ‘Candygram for MoWo!’
Subcultures collide as old school jazz and 21st century electronica have met their match-maker on Mocean Worker’s latest album Candygram for MoWo!
Radio Moscow ‘The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz’
Radio Moscow has got the goods! Their newest album The Great Escape Of Leslie Magnafuzz is an eclectic mix of head-banging hard rock and psychedelic
Ryan Adams ‘Ashes and Fire’
Ryan Adams is one of his generation’s most effortless songwriters. If he released a new album every 8 months, like the Kinks of old, there
Sleeper Agent ‘Celabrasion’
By the second track ‘Force A Smile’– if you’re properly cruising with a cranked stereo – it’s tough not to crack a smile like that
Wild Flag ‘Self-Titled’
There is something remarkable about people who are great long after having anything to prove
