Music Reviews
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Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo Dear River
A year ago, Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo were performing at the Olympic Opening Ceremony in front of an unfathomly big audience. Now what?
Joe Rivers like to imagine this album's title is addressed to him personally... -
Daughn Gibson Me Moan
The Carlisle Pennsylvania arranger's genre-bending follow up to All Hell leverages outré electronic flourishes and borderline kitsch elements with a sweeping masculinity on display.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Master Musicians of Bukkake Far West
With Far West, the ensemble psych collective known as Master Musicians of Bukkake immerse listeners with texturized odysseys and folk-enriched…well, you know.
Sean Caldwell holds his nose, shuts his eyes and mentally prepares for the inevitable… -
Austra Olympia
Following on from 2011's well-received debut, the Canadian sort-of band/sort-of solo act are back with another collection of operatically miserable dance music.
Mark Davison is no stranger to having a good cry in the middle of the dancefloor... -
Emika DVA
Innovative dubstep producer Ema Jolly tries a little too hard to build upon her excellent self-titled debut, resulting in a scattered, hit-and-miss affair.
Stephen Wragg reviews... -
Sigur Rós Kveikur
Despite releasing an album last year and touring almost non-stop since August, everyone's favorite Icelandic post-rockers have done it again.
Forrest Cardamenis checks Richter scale... -
Sic Alps She's On Top
San Francisco’s Sic Alps continues cleaning it up with the 3-song single, She’s On Top.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
Zomby With Love
His twitter may be a schizophrenic outpouring of insults and arrogance, but now that it finally comes down to facing his criticisms and proving his detractors wrong is he still capable?
From Zomby, With Love xo... -
Eleanor Friedberger Personal Record
With The Fiery Furnaces on indefinite hiatus, Eleanor Friedberger has seized the opportunity to step out as a full-fledge solo artist. But does her latest output really match up?
Andrew Ciraulo reviews... -
Tom Odell Long Way Down
Impossibly fresh-faced cherub releases self-produced, folk-influenced, piano-led, singer-songwriter major label-backed debut album. Oh good. My favourite.
Joe Rivers finds little use for his sharpened knives...
