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The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends
The Flaming Lips invite fwends along to channel chaos★★☆☆☆ [One Perspective]The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends is the sound of a beloved band not giving a shit, throwing harmony and traditional song...
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King Tuff – ‘King Tuff’
King Tuff is the musical alias of Kyle Thomas, a scraggly-haired, gold-toothed rock and roller who just released his follow-up LP, King Tuff, on May 29th via Sub Pop Records. The first thing I noticed...
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Linkin Park – Living Things
Linkin Park merges radio-ready sensibilities, sharp playing and smart productionLinkin Park’s fifth official album, Living Things, finds the hugely popular band (now in their 16th year) embracing every...
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Robert Francis – Strangers in the First Place
Robert Francis releases love letter to Los Angeles and an essential album of 2012It’s a hell of a mistake to try to pigeonhole Robert Francis into an easy classification. The man works a lifetime of...
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Hacienda – Shakedown
Hacienda crafts perfect pop harmonies with a burning rock and roll heart and an underdog spiritSan Antonio rock quartet Hacienda have triumphantly let loose on their third album, Shakedown, by firing...
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CATCALL – ‘The Warmest Place’
CATCALL is the moniker of Aussie pop artist Catherine Kelleher, a Sydney-based musician (formerly of DIY punk band Kiosk) who released her debut LP The Warmest Place via Ivy League Records on May 4th,...
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Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE
New Orleans-bred, Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Frank Ocean made entertainment headlines last week by revealing a past relationship he had with a man, technically making him the first urban...
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Lawrence Arabia – The Sparrow
Lawrence Arabia invokes enchanting, minimalist world on third album★★★★☆ New Zealand singer/songwriter/producer Lawrence Arabia (James Milne) has made bold strides hidden under the veil of minimalism...
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Fang Island – Major
Fang Island was a damned fun album. There wasn’t really a moment of cynicism or doubt on it – it’s happy claps and spiralling builds were almost meant with the utmost sincerity. When the album was at...
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The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
The Gaslight Anthem are still American rock and roll's finest, young torchbearersAttention: Cynics need not apply.The Gaslight Anthem (Brian Fallon, Alex Levine, Benny Horowitz, Alex Rosamilia) are New...
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Shovels & Rope – O’ Be Joyful
O’ Be Joyful is the second record from the married, boot-stomping folk duo, Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent. But it’s their first offering as Shovels & Rope—the newly established moniker...
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Ponderosa – Pool Party
Atlanta/Athens-based rock and roll band Ponderosa’s sophomore album is plenty of things an outstanding second offering should aim to be: a natural progression to an existing foundation, an exploration...
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Wot Gorilla? – Kebnekaise
Wot Gorilla? are a math rock four-piece from Halifax, England who strive to juggle heavy prog rock and pop melody amidst complex time structures and furiously tight musicianship. Kebnekaise, Wot...
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Dan Deacon – America
Prior to Dan Deacon’s rise to notoriety, it would have been impossible to find Francis Ford Coppola, Carnegie Hall and Carly Rae Jespen housed under one article. However, thanks to Deacon’s strangeness...
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Bryan Ellis – Cloud of Unknowing EP
★★★★☆ On his debut EP, Cloud of Unknowing, a blue-eyed, fresh-faced singer, musician and New York transplant named Bryan Ellis mixes devastating vocals with savvy and soulful R&B, a helping of...
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Hello Echo – Coffee Cups EP
★★★★☆ Hello Echo, a Santa Monica, CA via Boston rock and roll trio, have followed up their 2011 debut album, Hello, with a three-song EP, titled Coffee Cups, that strikes all the right chords in myriad...
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Maximo Park – The National Health
★★★☆☆ After a three-year hiatus, Maximo Park return with unyielding ambition on The National Health; unfortunately, this does not work in their favor. The band struggles to reclaim the edge and whimsy...
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Stars – The North
★★★★☆ Stars, the Toronto five-piece of genuine heartbreak royalty, sound decidedly invigorated and joyous on their sixth album, The North. Thankfully, they refueled without sacrificing the doe-eyed...
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Cat Power – Sun
★★★★★ On Sun, the ninth studio album of Cat Power’s esteemed recording career and first in more than four years, Chan Marshall takes a bold singular vision, a ferocious propensity to make strong music...
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The Vaccines – Come Of Age
Most criticism surrounding The Vaccines usually revolves around the notion that their sound is business-as-usual for garage-influenced Brit pop, another band trying to fill the void left when The...
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