Music Reviews
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Big Troubles Romantic Comedy
Enlisting power pop admiral Mitch Easter, the New Jersey foursome follow up their quaggy debut with a cleaner production and a strong emphasis on jangle pop's formative years.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Matthew Sweet Modern Art
The power pop virtuoso's latest is a return to form, more balanced in the mix of songcraft, experimentation, and musicianship.
Angel Aguilar reviews... -
Veronica Falls Veronica Falls
Veronica Falls look to be one of those few bands cutting through the noisy indie pop landscape with some noise of their own.
Matt Montgomery reviews... -
Jens Lekman An Argument With Myself EP
The Swedish indie-pop storyteller's five song EP tones down his self-referential rhetoric and enlivens the lives of others, all while offering a smattering of new and old sounds.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez would like to drive to Wine Country... -
Wild Flag Wild Flag
With a stupendous array of indie-rock pedigree, this album is exactly what you should have expected it to be. Thank God.
Joe Iliff reviews... -
Bombay Bicycle Club A Different Kind of Fix
The British indie quartet return with their third album, A Different Kind of Fix. Another churned out, half-chewed mixed bag of an album, or something more? It hasn't always been like this...
Craig Stevens has had his Fix... -
Spyro Gyra A Foreign Affair
With the release of A Foreign Affair, Spyro Gyra haven't done too much to dispel the notion that startling, inventive jazz is largely a thing of the past.
Matt Montgomery reviews... -
Wolves in the Throne Room Celestial Lineage
Pacific Northwesterners Wolves in the Throne Room have always walked a very precarious line in their attempting to create tasteful black metal. They've managed to just about get away with it for three albums now, but will their latest Celestial Lineage finally see them come undone?
Mark Davison is sad to find that these wolves have been defanged... -
The Field Looping State of Mind
After winning his surprise critical acclaim with 2007 debut From Here We Go Sublime, and branching out into more organic textures on Yesterday and Today, minimal techno producer The Field meets his two previous albums halfway with another gorgeous piece of repetitive soundscaping.
Stephen Wragg is, well, in a looping state of mind... -
Tyler, The Creator Goblin
Homophobe, chauvinist, slanderer, pervert, basketcase - or just a normal 19 year old with an outrageous talent and a big mouth? Let's hope Goblin can shed some light.
Joe Iliff reviews...
