Shout Out Louds: Optica
The dance-pop scene’s proliferation over the past decade has naturally made the task of “standing out” amid the genre more and more difficult. In…
Read MoreThe dance-pop scene’s proliferation over the past decade has naturally made the task of “standing out” amid the genre more and more difficult. In…
Read MoreBy Eric Blendermann If you’re lucky in this life, or maybe if you’re just faithful to the things you love, then apparently you can…
Read MoreModesty is a delicate thing in regards to music. A healthy dose of the stuff adds legitimacy and personally identifiable material to an album,…
Read MoreIf this is The Howling Hex’s best, I’m not interested in hearing the rest. The Best of Howling Hex is the eleventh album from…
Read MoreRecently the post-rock genre has been booming in popularity. With slow buildups into carefully composed guitar riffs with bursts of drums that sound like…
Read MoreThe most recent release by actor/musician Bonnie “Prince” Billy (nee William Oldham), What the Brothers Sang, delivers thirteen tracks of salt-of-the-earth humanity. Long known…
Read MoreLA quintet the Bronx have made a powerful return from their mariachi outings with The Bronx (IV). Bronx purists will rejoice to hear that…
Read MoreThe March Divide: Music For Film There’s a lot to be said for striking out on your own as a musician. Leaving the band…
Read MoreLoveskills: Multiplicity When I read that Loveskills’ Multiplicity was to be released on February 14th (a Thursday,) I thought that there had to be…
Read MoreEels: Wonderful, Glorious Since 1992, Eels‘ released eleven albums (including a solo project), and now finally their twelfth album in 2013. That’s quite a…
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