Music Reviews
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Oxygen Ponies Harmony Handgrenade
After a debut of lo-fi intimacy, Paul Megna and his Oxygen Ponies return with the full-band blast of Harmony Handgrenade.
Ryan Pratt wanders through Megna's America... -
Worriedaboutsatan Arrivals
The best, and probably only, IDM infused post-rock (or is it post-rock infused IDM?) record you'll buy all year.
Andrew Baer would be paranoid if he listened to this by himself late at night... -
Pissed Jeans King Of Jeans
On their new album, King Of Jeans, retro-grunge quartet Pissed Jeans further explores day-to-day tedium with a powerful mash of alterna-sludge and machine-like consistency, a healthy serving of solipsism and insecurity added to aid in swallowing.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
jj n° 2
A new kind of feel good record from an unidentified group of Europeans.
Andrew Baer listens contentedly... -
Foreign Born Person to Person
Foreign Born's sophomore release offers slick, intricate indie rock complete with horns, harmonicas, strings, woodwinds, and more than a few percussive instruments. If these guys don't make it big, I'll eat my ironic hat.
Jaclyn Elgeness has something new to exhaustively push on her friends... -
The Dead Weather Horehound
Well, Horehound may not be White's next masterpiece, but it further proves he is incapable of making bad music.
Andy Pareti waited a long time for... -
Cass McCombs Catacombs
Cass McCombs' fifth full-length is an impressive nighttime record.
Nick Fenn reviews... -
R.E.M. Reckoning [Deluxe Edition]
The second album from R.E.M. receives the deluxe re-issue treatment.
Nick Fenn reviews... -
Bibio Ambivalence Avenue
A surprising genre-hopping gem.
Cara Nash reviews... -
UUVVWWZ UUVVWWZ
And you should see the names they rejected.
Ryan Faughnder takes a deep breath...
