The Exbats: Kicks, Hits, and Fits
“You Don’t Get It (You Don’t Got It)”, the first track on The Exbats’ latest album, sets the bar exceedingly high for the eleven…
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The Orielles: Disco Volador
The Orielles’ sophomore full-length, Disco Volador, finds the youthful Brits adding a keyboardist and broadening their sound to incorporate elements of dance punk and…
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Wire: Mind Hive
You’d be hard-pressed to name another band whose technical and sonic progression within the first three years of recorded output demonstrate as stunning an…
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En Attendant Ana: Juillet
Juillet, the sophomore full-length from the Parisian indie pop quintet En Attendant Ana, finds the band harnessing an innate talent for composing thoughtful and…
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Kiwi Jr.: Football Money
If you’re a fan of nineties indie rock who has either heard or read about Kiwi Jr., then you’re probably already aware how uncanny…
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Royal Trux: Quantum Entanglement
Quantum Entanglement is a compilation collecting fourteen tracks from Royal Trux’s career as far back as 1992. While not a “Best Of…” by name,…
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Kim Gordon: No Home Record
When Thurston Moore unveiled his solo debut, Psychic Hearts, critics complained that the material sounded too much like the music he’d been releasing for…
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BODEGA: Shiny New Model
Shiny New Model, the latest release from New York’s arty post-punk darlings BODEGA, is an EP that delivers six new songs and a reworking…
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Belle and Sebastian: Days of the Bagnold Summer
Longtime fans of the Scottish indie pop act Belle and Sebastian who were underwhelmed by the trio of EPs which culminated in last year’s…
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Royal Trux and Ariel Pink: Pink Stuff
Given the eclecticism of White Stuff, Royal Trux’s first full-length album of new material in nearly two decades, the remixing of a handful of…
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