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Ever since I saw Toro y Moi play at Greek’s last fall, I have been listening to the album nonstop.

As one of the most-blogged bands in the indie music world, The XX is expected to live up to some serious hype; yet at first listen, their highly anticipated debut is not quite what you would expect. The album has many high points—the band effectively expresses their unique sound and vision from the outset: a [...]

Ah punk rock, I’ve missed you. Vitamin Party is a group that wears its influences proudly on its sleeve.

Instrumental sound waves permeate throughout Spirit Spine’s latest CD. It is a mix of electronica and indie rock, similar to Animal Collective, with soft vocals laid over its psychedelic beats.

The greatest strength of the folk-pop debut album Wagonwheel Blues from The War On Drugs, less a band than the brainchild of Adam Granducial, is its dense production.

If you thought that her first solo album collaboration with the Watson Twins showed her knack for crafting soulful tunes, singer/songwriter Jenny Lewis shines even brighter on her sophomore release, Acid Tongue.

With their recent release, Tennessee Pusher, Old Crow Medicine Show once again wade in the sound of American folk music, all the while pushing its boundaries with a rough-and-tumble tenacity.

Exit embodies much of the positivity and airiness associated with a sector of Japanese music that includes artists like Takagi Masakatsu, Kazumasa Hashimoto and Tatsuhiko Asano.

With a catalytic album cover featuring the iconic Subcomandante Marcos, the expectations of an incendiary album contained within the packaging abound.

On Murs for President, the rapper traverses familiar territories by rapping about poverty, hubris, personal drama, et al.