Album Reviews

Essex Green: Cannibal Sea

Jason Macneil May 31, 2006 No Comments

Sounds a bit like The New Pornographers, still packing punch, but not as much as Neko Case and company would probably be agreeable with.

The Lee Boys: Say Yes!

Gabriel Scheer May 30, 2006 No Comments

As it turns out,

The Raconteurs: Broken Boy Soldiers

Shane Handler May 30, 2006 No Comments

Though clocking in at a little over a half hour along ten songs, you just expect more from a Jack White band. Broken Boy Soldiers fails to deliver any type of kick-start to the ears, or heart for that matter.

Ryan Montbleau: One Fine Color

Jason Gershuny May 29, 2006 No Comments

Ryan Montbleau

Margot & The Nuclear So and So

Andy Tennille May 26, 2006 No Comments

To claim that Margot & The Nuclear So and So

Grand National: Kicking The National Habit

Gabriel Scheer May 22, 2006 No Comments

The album simultaneously calls forth memories of Sting, modern indie rock, and downbeat Euro-electro, taking the listener on an alternating journey through comforting, yet simultaneously discomfiting territory.

The Flaming Lips: At War With The Mystics

Shane Handler May 22, 2006 No Comments

Following the opus that was The Soft Bulletin, and the charismatic light of Yoshime is no small task, but At War With The Mystics is another explosive studio effort that comes in a close third.

Dr. John: Right Place, Right Time: Live At Tipitina

Jeffrey Greenblatt May 22, 2006 No Comments

Can you get anymore-quintessential New Orleans then combining Dr. John, Tipitina

Green Light: Patient Like the Moon

Jamie Lee May 19, 2006 No Comments

The instrumental collection breaks down boundaries with each beat, turning familiar grooves into pulpits for fine-tuned, prodigious forays into music’s outer-limits.

Mudhoney: Under A Billion Suns

Shawn Donohue May 19, 2006 No Comments

The original oddballs of Sub-Pop return with Under A Billion Suns, a clanging mix of guitar noise, 50’s pop, and paranoid dirty vocals with the occasional trombone backing.