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
Reviewer Spotlight: Cheer-Accident – Enduring The American Dream May 30, 2008 Originally published in Punk Planet May/June 2006 Cheer-Accident – Enduring The American Dream If America ever needs a soundtrack to serve as its death… 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
Review: Adam Gnade – “Run Hide Retreat Surrender” April 20, 2008 “It is winter again and you are fighting with your woman.” So begins the sprawling and sometimes stream-of-consciousness narrative Adam Gnade unreels on this… Continue Reading
Review: Ramona Cordova – “The Boy Who Floated Freely” April 20, 2008 If the folks at Elephant 6 aren’t head over heels with this disc, there’s simply no justice left in the world. A concept record… Continue Reading
Review: Chariots Race – “Existence” April 20, 2008 A 7-song set of generic and accessible punk-pop that feels like much of the alternative fare that clogged college radio in the mid-90s. At… Continue Reading
