LP Review
The Avett Brothers ‘The Carpenter’
Call it my Southern sincerity, but if you listen to The Carpenter, and your heart isn’t stolen, you are soulless and clearly a zombie
Divine Fits ‘A Thing Called Divine Fits’
What do you get when you combine Spoon’s Britt Daniel with Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner, and New Bomb Turks’ Sam Brown
California Wives ‘Art History’
Art History, the debut by California Wives, is a spacey, synth heavy sound reminiscent of Neon Indian and Interpol
Yellowcard ‘Southern Air’
Released shortly after Warped Tour, ‘Southern Air’ is Yellowcard at their very best and most familiar
The Gaslight Anthem ‘Handwritten’
Despite “45”’s largely upbeat nature—as well as being the only Handwritten track with close ties to the band’s punk roots, as the majority of the
The Swellers ‘Vehicle City Blues’
The Swellers released the 7-inch Vehicle City Blues in late May, and the band’s second decade looks promising no matter where the car stops
River City Extension ‘Don’t Let the Sun…’
When River City Extension singer and primary songwriter Joe Michelini was a boy, his mother would cite a Bible passage, from Ephesians 4:26 “Don’t let
Steepwater Band ‘Clava’
The Steepwater Band pounds their fists to the ground as one, and shake the core of American bred rock n roll with Clava
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros ‘Here’
Here, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros’ sophomore effort beautifully conveys Alex Ebert and Jade Castrino’s first love: music
Hot Water Music ‘Exister’
After eight years, Hot Water Music exists again – their reunion is official, serious and tangible – because Exister, well, exists
Aaron Freeman ‘Marvelous Clouds’
You can’t go from writing songs like ‘Bananas & Blow’ to covering a celebrated American poet without turning a few heads
Jack White ‘Blunderbuss’
Blunderbuss has now blown the coffin top open on rock n roll’s long dead corpse and off its hinges for an immediate resurrection
