Review: Matmos – Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast February 7, 2008 Passing listeners will have trouble wrapping their arms and ears around this high-art concept album, which uses sonic pastiche and genre-mutating frameworks to profile… Continue Reading
Review: Don Caballero – World Class Listening Problem (II) February 7, 2008 These math-rock giants have returned from the grave with a rejiggered line-up and a set of blistering instrumentals whose finest moments call to mind… Continue Reading
Review: The Black Angels – Passover February 7, 2008 Sludgy death marches meet droning psychedelic rock on this 10-track head trip for Velvet Underground descendants. The songs, which veer toward the monochromatic, offer… Continue Reading
Review: The Black Keys – “Chulahoma” February 7, 2008 Everyone’s favorite Akron, Ohio-based duo offers six songs from the Junior Kimbrough catalog, treating listeners to Mississippi Delta blues numbers that sound as instinctive… Continue Reading
Review: Mogwai – “Mr. Beast” February 7, 2008 All that’s deceptively fragile and wonderful continues percolating across the pond as post-rock’s reigning Scottish quintet offers its newest set of scorching barn-burners and… Continue Reading
Review: Aceyalone – Magnificent City February 7, 2008 With radio waves pulsing with reggaeton, “All For U” resonates with vaguely sun-splashed bass grooves but, that aside, this 14-song disc feels like a… Continue Reading
Review: Boysetsfire – The Misery Index February 7, 2008 Another half-hearted attempt to prove nu-metal isn’t dead by adding sophomoric acoustic refrains, whiny power ballads or pointless samples to the landscape of paint-by-numbers… Continue Reading
Review: I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness – “Fear Is On Our Side” February 7, 2008 Oh, Morrissey and Robert Smith, what legacy have you left us? Another band tries its hand at fey 80’s-conscious guitar-pop and crafts songs that… Continue Reading
Review: Placebo – “Meds” February 7, 2008 The cover co-opts the psychological terror of a Francis Bacon portrait, but don’t be fooled. This is a safe record not far removed from… Continue Reading
Review: Don Caballero – “World Class Listening Problem” February 7, 2008 This is the story of a phoenix. Forged in Pittsburgh back around 1991, Don Caballero wasted little time in refining and perfecting its thunderous… Continue Reading