Review: STNNNG – “Dignified Sissy” May 30, 2008 The aptly named frontman Chris Besinger unfurls the D.C.-punk narrative bark that serves as the backbone of Dignified Sissy but each member of the… Continue Reading
Review: The New Thrill Parade – S/T May 30, 2008 The cover art to the latest from this Santa Cruz six-piece may scream Raymond Pettibon, but the five songs therein likely will remind you… Continue Reading
Review: Lichens – The Psychic Nature of Being May 30, 2008 A three-song set of haunted acoustic skeletons and dreamy, mid-fi synth-drones from Robert Lowe of 90 Day Men and Touch and Go critical darlings… Continue Reading
Review: Hiker/Biker – “Politics and Fucking” May 30, 2008 This lo-fi collision of acoustic musings and vague political treatises unfolds in true home-recorded fashion: songs ebb and flow through genres and source qualities… Continue Reading
Review: The Hat Party – “Agents and Thieves” May 30, 2008 Here’s the headline, boss: Madison, WI band cuts debut, mimics Archers of Loaf. Well, that’s at least part of the story. Much of this… Continue Reading
Review: Devillock – These Graves May 30, 2008 Musique concrete? Perhaps, but the program hardly reveals an underbelly of intentions. Ominous static, electronic moans and distant whirring flirt with guitar feedback… Continue Reading
Review: Broken Spindles – Inside/Absent May 30, 2008 Haunted-house piano lines pulse through much of Joel Peterson’s third Broken Spindles disc, but it’s the electro-assisted pseudo-balladry that this short, 10-song outing tries… Continue Reading
Review: Boduf Songs – S/T May 30, 2008 The English singer-songwriter Mat Sweet uses an enigmatic pseudonym to craft enigmatic acoustic gems on this nine-song outing, whose deceptively spare arrangements fall somewhere… Continue Reading
Review: The Talk – “The Sinners of Daughters” April 20, 2008 This Charlotte trio offers a shimmering mass of pop rock that harbors all the vitality of edgy indie-rock while displaying an appetite for crunchy… Continue Reading
Review: Miguel Mendez – “My Girlfriend Is Melting” April 20, 2008 The title of Mendez’s latest disc seems to offer all the hints you’ll need about the music found within it: a touch of matter-of-fact… Continue Reading
