Atmosphere: Southsiders
Forgive me father, for I have sinned. It has been [mumbles] since my last confession. Q. Well, father, you see, I write for this…
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Silkworm: Libertine (reissue)
There are at least two reasons I can think of for a record label to reissue a band’s album. One is to make heaps…
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Blueprint: Respect the Architect
Good luck dissociating the term “blueprint” from Jay Z when it comes to rap. Three separate albums bore that title during Hov’s illustrious career…
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Homeboy Sandman: White Sands
It may have come on Big Sean’s album, but “Control” belonged to Kendrick Lamar (apologies to Jay Electronica as well). Kendrick managed to call…
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School of Language: Old Fears
If a stranger approached me today and asked what pair of English brothers were making the best neo-New Wave music these days, I’d be…
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SKATERS: Manhattan
To write a properly in-depth treatment of the history of New York bands would probably fill at least two or three Surviving the Golden…
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Blondfire: Young Heart
When I was a kid, my friends and I built a tree house in one of our backyards. Unfortunately for us, our town had…
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The Pack A.D.: Do Not Engage
It seems appropriate that in the hangover of the compartmentally-obsessive, overly cautious Grammy’s that I would have to review Do Not Engage, the new…
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Magic Trick: River of Souls
Do you remember the good old days? Being a relatively young man, I actually don’t. But Tim Cohen seems like he might. Cohen is…
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Matt Pryor: Wrist Slitter
For most of us, before we became the hyper-literate consumers of music that we are now, our early experiences with listening to music came…
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