Music Reviews
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Matt & Kim Sidewalks
The eternally-happy-go-lucky duo return with a new album that's the musical equivalent of gourmet candy.
Chris Coplan gorges... -
The Russian Futurists The Weight's On The Wheels
The Russian Futurists return with a new album on Upper Class.
Joe Iliff reviews... -
Brian Eno Small Craft on a Milk Sea
Small Craft on a Milk Sea might not match the very best work of Eno’s career, but it doesn’t pretend to — and by this merit, it flits toward success.
Matt Montgomery reviews... -
N.E.R.D. Nothing
This album title is simultaneously dead on and way off base.
Chris Coplan reviews... -
Elizabeth & The Catapult The Other Side of Zero
The Other Side of Zero shifts from side to side with some regularity, ranging from bubbly and invigorating to downbeat and expressive. There’s a real sense of diversity here, and it’s what sets the album apart.
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Bird By Snow Common Wealth
Would it be completely callous to say that Common Wealth is what For Emma, Forever Ago was supposed to be?
Sean Caldwell probably draws some unfair conclusions... -
Suckers Wild Smile
Brooklynite art-rockers/Modest Mouse devotees release a debut LP full of soaring, chest-thumping choruses.
Michael Skinnider reviews... -
Violens Amoral
Native Brooklynites ignite an assortment of new wave cadence to their abstract sensibilities.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez feels like he just heard the indie version of Miami Sound Machine... -
Sun Airway Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier
Up-and-coming Philadelphia duo produces blissful pop with an array of computer-generated instrumentation.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez is surrounded by loads of virtual sounds... -
The Extra Lens Undercard
It’s almost too easy to fill a review of The Extra Lens, formerly The Extra Glenns, with trite references to the makeup of the band. Yes, John Darnielle — The Mountain Goats, popularly — and Franklin Bruno — of the Human Hearts and Nothing Painted Blue — make up the group, and yes, this is only their second full-length. That’s hardly the point, though.
Matthew Montgomery reviews...
