February 12th, 2010 by aolanoff | No Comments
Ever since I saw Toro y Moi play at Greek’s last fall, I have been listening to the album nonstop.
October 5th, 2009 by Ryan Patena | No Comments
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 [...]
March 26th, 2009 by Ryan Patena | No Comments
Ah punk rock, I’ve missed you. Vitamin Party is a group that wears its influences proudly on its sleeve.
February 13th, 2009 by Ryan Patena | No Comments
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.
February 12th, 2009 by Ryan Patena | No Comments
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.
October 11th, 2008 by Kelsey McArdle | No Comments
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.