Music Reviews
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Shimmering Stars Violent Hearts
Any delight taken with the nice use of melody and the playful guitar work on Violent Hearts is quickly thrust aside as oppressive reverb builds.
Matt Montgomery is still cleaning the reverb from his ears... -
MellowHype BlackenedWhite
OFWGKTA members Hodgy Beats and Left Brain, otherwise known as Mellowhype, reissues the follow-up to their 2010 release YelloWhite.
Craig Stevens is feeling the hype... -
Equals Equals
For their debut release, Texan act Equals attempt to mix together post-rock and dance-punk and, surprisingly, it makes for a rather pleasant combination. Perhaps a bit too pleasant...
Mark Davison wishes that they'd turn it up a bit... -
Handsome Furs Sound Kapital
After a disappointing release from Dan Boeckner's former Wolf Parade bandmate Spencer Krug, can Handsome Furs salvage the post-Wolf Parade legacy with Sound Kapital?
David Hogg reviews... -
Peter Wolf Crier Garden of Arms
Peter Wolf Crier seem to have replaced vocal melody with vocal reverb, and it leads to some moments that seem promising initially but quickly fade into that same boring funk.
Matt Montgomery reviews... -
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Roll The Dice In Dust
For their second album of Krautrock-influenced electronica, the Swedish duo attempt to create a hellish guide to the world of industry (think L.S. Lowry does Dante's Inferno) with interesting results.
Mark Davison tried to keep the pretentious comparisons to an absolute minimum... -
Case Studies The World is Just a Shape to Fill the Night
Former The Dutchess and the Duke songwriter Jesse Lortz goes solo for this dark, stripped-down album of brooding acoustic ballads.
Stephen Wragg reviews... -
Cymbals Eat Guitars Lenses Alien
The Staten Island indie rock revisionists step even farther from nineties slacker rock conventions with their sophomore release, a tightly-knit, yet abundantly ornate listen that enthralls as much as it confounds.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez wouldn't karaoke to any of these songs... -
Richmond Fontaine The High Country
Is it a song-novel? A record album? Both? Neither?
Andrew Davison reviews... -
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Stephin Merritt Obscurities
Think that rarities collections are a waste of time and the preserve of the obsessive 'super-fan'? Then prepare to have Stephin Merritt prove you wrong.
Mark Davison is one of those obsessive super-fans, but don't let that put you off...
