Music Reviews

Brightblack Morning Light Brightblack Morning Light
Destroyer Destroyer's Rubies
Asobi Seksu Citrus

The second album by this New York City band has influences in both dreampop and shoegaze, led by another voice of Japanese falsetto. Boasting with a glimmering pop tinge, the album parades with radiant fury, all within the boundaries of highly refined clockwork.
Grizzly Bear Yellow House

Transcending the work of Edward Droste's 4-track bedroom project of 2004, Yellow House carries a wispy consciousness with an expanded group of apt company. With the breeze of its earthy repetoire, it affixes instrumental flourishes with acute precision and seemless grace.
Angel Tech Angel Tech
Format Dog Problems

The Format aren't Mozart, and they aren't even the Shins, but on their new album they do a pretty good job putting their own spin on the melodic-here comes the hook-there goes the riff-check out this harmony pop song.
Kama Aina Club Kama Aina

The Danish Rumraket label continues its celebration of naÃƒÂ¯ve as the new black with another little gem from Japan.
Juana Molina Son
Flaming Lips At War with the Mystics

The Flaming Lips, America's greatest non-indie indie band, are returning to their roots.
TV On The Radio Return to Cookie Mountain