Music Reviews
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M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
This is M83's first double album of sweeping, epic electronica. Does it deserve the hype (and length)?
Andrew Baer gets chills... -
Stevie Jackson (I Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson
Stevie Jackson, Belle and Sebastian ever-present, has set out in search of a solo sound with his retro-styled sensibilities and a bevy of songwriting talent.
Matt Montgomery reviews... -
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Wolfroy Goes To Town
Album number 11 from the Bonnie 'Prince', wrought from old rope and rags, continues his journey through a stark and beautiful landscape. Tales of love and loss, augmented by the lovely voice of one Angel Olsen, it's one of his finest.
David John Wood sees the darkness... -
Wilco The Whole Love
For album number eight, the alt. country veterans value traditionalism as much as they revisit some of their psych-leaning mid-period to full effect.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez feels the love... -
Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation
The Year of Hibernation certainly has the right ingredients to be a successful indie pop release: instantly enjoyable melodies and an approach that lets the music breathe — and that’s just the beginning.
Matt Montgomery reviews... -
The Drums Portamento
The Drums are no strangers to hype, but most of the hype surrounding their second album may not be the sort they're hoping for.
David Hogg reviews... -
Kasabian Velociraptor!
A fourth album, and an impressive one at that, but the sort that goes around its business with a baseball bat, a hooligan spirit and a mostly absent mind.
Joe Iliff reviews... -
Mastodon The Hunter
"I killed a man ‘cause he killed my goat.” Um… awesome.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
Zola Jesus Conatus
The delicate, diminutive Zola Jesus seemed to arrive fully fledged on most people's radar last year with the Stridulum EP/album and an impressively low-key live act. But will Conatus deliver on that promise?
Mark Davison has been looking forward to finding out... -
Twin Sister In Heaven
Twin Sister find themselves part of the dream pop revival that briefly went through that bizarre chillwave moment — but while the band found themselves lumped into the trend, there's too much here for that shallow moniker.
Matt Montgomery reviews...
