PRIMUS’ NEW ALBUM IS A BASS-POWERED TRIP ABOUT RAINBOW-EATING GOBLINS
Before you even get to the goblins, it’s special for one big reason: The Desaturating Seven is the first studio album of original material…
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ALBUM REVIEW: ‘DEADBEAT GRAFFITI’ BY BLACK PISTOL FIRE
If you have yet to hear of the Canadian duo Black Pistol Fire, that’s not likely to last long. Guitarist/vocalist Kevin McKeown and drummer…
THROUGH BEING COOL: LCD SOUNDSYTEM’S AMERICAN DREAM
Part of the responsibility of being a fan of LCD Soundsystem is having some dialogue with coolness. Whether Murphy & Co. accepted the mantle…
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘SHILPA RAY STARS AS DOOR GIRL’ BY SHILPA RAY
The idea of what an album cover could and should be has undergone countless revisions since the pre rock and roll days of perfectly…
ALBUM REVIEW – ‘SLEEP WELL BEAST’ BY THE NATIONAL
By 1967, music pretty much sounded the way music was going to sound. Before then, music had slowly but surely transformed from a thing…
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: 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…