<Made the Harbor is nothing particularly fresh or new; it does not make your ears prick up with a sound or style that you’ve never heard before, or make you feel like some great new...
July 27th, 2010 (4:55 pm)
<Mark Kozolek, the mastermind behind Sun Kil Moon, has a history of making interesting musical choices. Back when he was in the early-‘90s group Red House Painters, he orchestrated acoustic...
July 26th, 2010 (7:15 pm)
<More often than not, at least to my way of thinking, hype has a way of ruining music. If it doesn’t ruin, then it can most certainly undercut. But if it weren’t for the noticeable buzz...
July 23rd, 2010 (2:47 pm)
<Thankfully, Electric Tickle Machine have posted an explanation for why in God’s name they would ever decide to call their band “Electric Tickle Machine.” It has something to do with the...
July 22nd, 2010 (7:20 pm)
<In more ways than one, the new album Mount Wittenberg Orca seems perfectly fated. Both Björk and the Dirty Projectors have put out dazzling oceanic-themed releases in the past, but...
July 21st, 2010 (1:04 pm)
<Dark Night of The Soul, the daring, star-spangled collaboration of Mark Linkous (aka Sparklehorse), Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) and David Lynch (aka the multiple-award-winning...
July 20th, 2010 (10:14 pm)
<Hi everybody! ‘Sup? Nm, u? So this is a review of the new album from The Books, The Way Out. I’m giving the record 85/100, which is actually a wonderful rating, but unfortunately it...
July 19th, 2010 (5:52 pm)
<Whether it’s the economic crisis, or just the waxing and waning of music trends, we seem to be witnessing the demise of the bombastic rap/hip-hop star; the one who brags and boasts about...
July 16th, 2010 (12:14 am)
<Let me dare say that I believe Menomena (pronounced ma-nom-uh-na) to be one of the best, and most underrated, bands working today. Their 2007 Friend or Foe hit early in the year to good...
July 15th, 2010 (1:19 pm)
<Pan Sonic knew their newest album Gravitoni would be their final album well before its recent release date (hence clever final song title “Pan Finale”). Fittingly, Gravitoni...