Category: Reviews

Free jazz meets garage rock. In short order, bluesy guitar riffs stumble along, drums skirt around a verse or two and singer/songwriter Nick Millevoi…

Only 18 months after the release of Comedy Horn, its often-stunning debut, Zykos has not only managed to pull together another breathtaking full-length collection…

There has been a significant amount of response from musicians regarding the war in Iraq, but few of those responses may be as vague…

Let it be read into the record: “Ding,” the 18-minute acoustic epic with which Cerberus Shoal closes their most recent split release on North…

A perfectly good record — complete with poppy hooks, crystalline guitar bridges and crisp production — but is this what we’ve come to expect…

Much of this six-song EP feels like a road marker between larger efforts, a bit of ambiance and Badalamenti-inspired synth-washes to pass the time….

An energetic, rough-around-the-edges collection of mid-fi fuzz-rock that feels like it’s erupting as it rumbles past you. Hamilton Leithauser’s scene-stealing vocals may shift between…

This Stockholm outfit’s latest offering delivers what’s expected: a dark and occasionally surrealist mix of atmospheric electronica. The 11-song outing sometimes feels unsure whether…

Boilerplate dance-pop genetically engineered for the ‘tween set. Occasionally, the U.K. group wanders into engaging territory, serving up bizarrely edible fare in the vein…

Rjyan Kidwell’s rumored end under the Cex moniker features a musical palette as scattered as the cities to which the record’s eight tracks pay…