Music Reviews
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The Men Open Your Heart
Ten plus years after rock n’ roll is saved, (or, revived), New York rock quartet, The Men, save rock, too, (or, revitalize). Are you paying attention, Interscope?
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball
Bruce Springsteen's politically charged 17th studio album is here. And I'll spare you the suspense: it's his best album in decades.
Forrest Cardamenis (and Bruce Springsteen) dodge the... -
Earth Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
Seventh album from Seattle-based, original doom droners, now a tightly sprung group of musickal magicians. It's a companion to 2011's masterful Angels I, and it's just as good.
David John Wood needs a lie down... -
Memoryhouse The Slideshow Effect
Memoryhouse's debut full-length is an unexpected departure from the luscious texture from their EPs but a more potent walk down memory lane.
Forrest Cardamenis remembers... -
Tindersticks The Something Rain
Tindersticks' ninth album and the band sound the same as ever. And it's full of REALLY long songs...
James McKenna finds out WEATHER it's any good... -
Damien Jurado Maraqopa
Jurado's latest collaboration with producer Richard Swift has one reviewer feeling awfully relieved.
Alan Shulman reviews -
Nite Jewel One Second of Love
Having modeled her first releases on female urban contemporary with a lo-fi feel, the California native swerves over to the smooth-tempered rhythms of sophisti-pop.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez unwinds... -
Pinkunoizu Free Time
Pinkunoizu does something different, often complex, on Free Time without succumbing to its own complexity or becoming inaccessible.
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Mr. Dream Fatherland EP
Fatherland, EP from millennial-Alternative band Mr. Dream, offers 6 songs with plenty of “loud” and just enough “strange.”
Sean Caldwell cannot kiss his own face... -
Sleigh Bells Reign of Terror
While you may have expected Sleigh Bells to be hemmed-in by their very distinctive aesthetic, Reign of Terror marks a confident step forward from their debut, without straying far from what made them exciting in the first place.
Stephen Wragg dons a leather jacket & shades...
