Album Review: Band of Horses - Infinite Arms May 18, 2010 "Infinite Arms" sounds like a band that has come into its own musically with added instrumentation, richer arrangements, and lush layered harmonies.
Album Review: Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid May 18, 2010 The most ambitious and challenging album of the summer might end up being the sophomore release from the little known pop sensation Janelle Monae. She's far from being a household name but has spent the past seven years building the support of artists like Big Boi, Saul Williams and Sean "Diddy" Combs.
Album Review: LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening May 17, 2010 With an insanely high rating of 9.2 from Pitchfork.com, a main stage slot at Coachella, followed by a world tour with sold out shows, it would appear that 2010 is primed to be the best year yet for James Murphy and LCD Soundsystem. Yes, This IS Happening.
Album Review: The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards May 11, 2010 "Sea of Cowards" is the new album from The Dead Weather. Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs), Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age) and Jack "Little Jack" Lawrence (The Raconteurs) are back with the blues-rock-driven follow-up to their debut, "Horehound."
Album Review: The National - High Violet May 10, 2010 "High Violet" has certainly been the most well received album of the band's career, thus far. You've heard the term "heartbreakingly beautiful" before, but there is no better way to sum up this record.
Album Review: Jeremy Messersmith - The Reluctant Graveyard May 4, 2010 The Reluctant Graveyard is a thoroughly entertaining album from start to finish; for all the talk of death, proceedings never even approach dreariness.
Album Review: The Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever May 4, 2010 "Heaven is Whenever" is the 5th album from the Hold Steady, and is self-described by the band as a "less anthemic and more complex" CD.
Album Review: MGMT - Congratulations April 13, 2010 "Congratulations" is a bold, disorienting, sometimes abrasive album of experimentation run rampant. With this album, MGMT is answering to no one, yet everyone.
Album Review: MGMT - Congratulations April 13, 2010 When it came time to record their second album, MGMT decided not to "play the game": rather than churning out another batch of hit singles, they instead pursued their own unique brand of disjointed psychedelia.
Album Review: She & Him - Volume Two March 17, 2010 She & Him, the duo of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel, is an auspicious match for many reasons.