KING GIZZARD’S SURPRISE ALBUM ‘SKETCHES OF BRUNSWICK EAST’ IS A HYPNOTIC COLLAB WITH MILD HIGH CLUB
It takes guts to put out an entire new album by surprise, just two months after your last one – and six months after…
Album review
ALBUM REVIEW: GOODNIGHT RHONDA LEE BY NICOLE ATKINS
As unique to ones individuality as a fingerprint, the precise phrasing and tone of our speech is a singular characteristic that isn’t meant to…
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD UNVEIL BEASTLY 10TH ALBUM ‘MURDER OF THE UNIVERSE’
The experience of getting a new King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard record in the mail is a sensory treat in and of itself. The square, solid weight…
REMEMBERING TO FORGET: TAKING PLEASURE IN FEIST’S PLEASURE
As a music writer, before I review Feist’s new album Pleasure, I am contractually obligated to remind you that she released “1234” from 2007s…
POM POMS’ ULTRA-CATCHY DEBUT ALBUM ‘TURN YOU OUT’ HITS SHELVES FRIDAY
If you’ve yet to spin any Pom Poms, the up-and-coming alt-pop L.A. band fronted by the talented and chic Marlene Gold, now’s the time…
SYLVAN ESSO’S ‘WHAT NOW’ CAPTURES OUR MODERN ANXIETIES IN A PROPULSIVE NEW ALBUM
Sylvan Esso is the folktronica project of singer Amelia Meath (Mountain Man) and producer Nick Sanborn (Megafaun). The Durham, N.C. duo’s 2014 self-titled debut…
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘ADVENTURE SOUNDTRACK’ BY DANNY BLACK
Unfixed and unknown, the image of an open road has long been linked with uncertainty. Leading anywhere towards anything for as long as it…
TIMOTHY SETH AVETT AS DARLING RETURNS WITH A BURSTING HEART & BREATH OF WISDOM
With the March 31st release of IV from Timothy Seth Avett as Darling, Seth Avett has continued a project that many wondered if he’d…
SOME PARTS ARE OFF LIMITS, BUT I GIVE THEM TO YOU
3. It almost seems unfair to review an album that you’ve felt you’ve already reviewed two times before. But alas, Conor Oberst goes and…
UNPEELING KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD’S FLYING MICROTONAL BANANA
The fact that it all starts with a single-word verse and a deceptively simple beat is a good omen for how the album will…