Review: Elf Power – “Walking with the Beggar Boys” February 17, 2008 You could probably try pressing and creasing and forcing and folding your frown into place while listening to Elf Power’s latest Orange Twin offering,… Continue Reading
Review: The Delgados – “Universal Audio” February 17, 2008 In a lot of ways, The Delgados’ Universal Audio is the pop-rock record that scores of bands have been struggling — and, quite honestly,… Continue Reading
Review: Richard Cheese – “Aperitif for Destruction” February 17, 2008 The faux-crooner Richard Cheese gives the “lounge against the machine” treatment to the likes of Guns N’ Roses, Michael Jackson, U2, Green Day, and… Continue Reading
Review: Charmparticles – “Sit Down for Staying” February 17, 2008 If you’re interested in breaking down Charmparticles’ sophomore offering to its foundation or its basic principles, don’t look for clues in the band’s name,… Continue Reading
Profile: Vexed (2005) February 12, 2008 It’s a strange place to feel inspired, you think to yourself, this noisy basement bedroom saturated with stale air and dead acoustics. The year… Continue Reading
Review: The Planet The – “You Absorb My Vision” February 12, 2008 If there’s one truth that announces itself during the infectious, hip-shaking dance beats and angular, synth-soaked romps of You Absorb My Vision, the sophomore… Continue Reading
Neutral Milk Hotel – “All The Colors of The Rainbow (Live)” February 12, 2008 Artist: Neutral Milk Hotel Song: All the Colors of the Rainbow (Live) (Also: April 8th (Demo), Bucket, Engine (Live on XFM Radio Session), I… Continue Reading
Review: The Heavenly States – S/T February 12, 2008 All right, I admit it; the last name threw me for a bit of a loop. The Heavenly States feature not one, but two… Continue Reading
Review: FCS North – Vocabulary February 12, 2008 With sincere apologies to King James, allow me to get Biblical for a moment. In the beginning, God – who will be played, for… Continue Reading
Review: The Hurricane Lamps – “Sing Me A Song” February 12, 2008 The end of every Hurricane Lamps track on the band’s fourth release, Sing Me a Song, may be a masterpiece but you wouldn’t know,… Continue Reading
