[rating=7.00] Lord Huron burst on the scene in 2012 with the blustery dream-folk sounds of their debut record Lonesome Dreams. A gorgeous flowing stream of clean harmonies and angelic guitars,
[rating=6.00] 28-year old South Carolina native, Chaz Bundick is a musician who likes to keep on the move. Over both his four-album career with Toro y Moi and his side
[rating=7.00] Composed of multi-instrumentalists Brian Beken, Dennis Ludiker, Noah Jeffries and Jesse Dalton, Austin-based jammers MilkDrive have been nourishing their local bluegrass scene for a little while now. The group
[rating=8.00] The eponymous debut of Tomás Pagán Motta is a feat of honest writing, earnest singing and beefy but subtle instrumental arrangements. The eight tracks are tight, yet spacey; poignant
[rating=9.00] Joe Bonamassa has rightfully earned the title as one of this generation’s greatest blues singers and guitar players. Bonamassa’s music career began as a child guitar prodigy when at
[rating=7.00] AWOLNATION is officially now simply Aaron Bruno at this point. The pioneering mastermind nearly single-handedly crafted and recorded the entirety of Run, though he still has a core group
[rating=7.00] Radium Death is William Elliott Whitmore’s eigth studio album and a departure of sorts for the Iowa based roots/folk musician. On his last offering 2011’s Field Songs, Whitmore went
[rating=7.00] Characterized as a break-up album, Death Cab for Cutie’s latest, Kintsugi, follows in the footsteps of 2011’s Codes and Keys, a mostly forgettable record from a band that specializes
[rating=10.00] Of all the many ventures of Sufjan Stevens, it seems he’s rarely faced inward toward himself. 2003’s Michigan and 2005’s Illinois were deeply intelligent, beautiful, wacko records, but mainly
[rating=6.00] Across six albums, twin brothers Gary and Ryan Jarman, with younger brother Ross on drums, have channeled fuzz and melody from the Weezer and Flaming Lips records they worshipped
