Posts by Shane Handler

Recorded at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia, the energetic 10-song performance showcases work featured on his last two Spearhead studio albums.

Nice Talking To Me sounds like the same band you played hacky-sack to, but with a new found vigor and a contemporary flair. Still, second chances are hard to come by and rock reunions are typically better received at the twenty year mark instead of just a decade – just ask Motley Crue and Duran Duran. So we put drummer Aaron Comess on the hot seat and threw a few questions his way.

On their Steve Albini produced debut, Ahead of the Lions, Living Things rekindle a Stooges/MC5 riot rock energy with them, that muscles up whatever glam inklings their Marc Bolan side wants to reveal. Like most cheap riff living bands, Living Things offer little in the way of lyrics, but many meat servings in the way of balls to the wall guitar hero riffs that would fit into “School of Rock 101. “

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For Guster, it was a short northeast run that allowed the headliner to showcase new material from their 2006 spring Reprise album

With their latest release Howl, BRMC has made their boldest statement yet. Gone are the walls of reverb, buzzing guitars and Jesus and Mary Chain comparisons, as they’re replaced with a collection of true Americana revealing 60’s counter-culture and Johnny Cash outlaw hymns.

Kicking Television, recorded live at the Vic Theatre in Chicago, May 4-7, 2005, captures Wilco in the new Nels Cline/Pat Sansone/Mikael Jorgensen era, complete with sonic splashes, textured keyboards and disgruntled guitars to accompany Jeff Tweedy

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With a trove of Wilco originals and Uncle Tupelo classics, alongside Loose Fur, Golden Smog and Minus 5 material, Jeff Tweedy

Taking nods from My Bloody Valentine, Syd Barrett and Eno might be making for a monumental listen, but for Animal Collective, Feels is just another commitment to studio experimentation for an art rock band.

Initial reports had Charlie Hitchcock walking away from Particle, but apparently that wasn

Led by lead singer Ashlin Phillips, who immediately evokes comparisons to Rilo Kiley

Where the first Castanets record Cathedral was a true Americana record, First Light

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When Trey Anastasio closed the door on Phish last year, he managed to swiftly eliminate the

If Fiona Apple wasn

Broken Social Scene is like a Jackson Pollock painting. At first, you can only ask yourself, “what the fuck is this?” before you step back and it begins to make a little sense. There are layers and layers to examine and you don

The King of France’s quirky pop came to fruition when Steve Salad, who had previously fronted underground rock heroes Deformo, met up with rock journalist Michael Azerrad. Today, they might be the best band you still haven’t heard.

Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991), features 30 re-mastered track. Songs, personally chosen by the band amongst their groundbreaking metal albums: Spreading The Disease(1985), Among The Living (1987), State Of Euphoria (1988), Persistence Of Time (1990), I’m The Man EP(1987), and of course “Bring Tha Noize” with Public Enemy from 1991

You can blame The Arcade for Montreal suddenly losing the biggest secret in rock title. And you can blame The Arcade Fire for bringing art rockers Wolf Parade out on tour and transforming them into the North Country