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The Walkmen: Heaven

Jeff Strowe June 1, 2012 No Comments

The Walkmen have been on an incredible winning streak, composing stellar albums and putting on electric shows for well over a decade now. Their star has risen to the point where they have attracted a strong enough fan base that allows them to follow their life changes in song as well as in real time. They’ve moved from chronicling the unpredictability of twenty-something life to meditating on a new set of challenges that accompanies a new chapter of life. Here, they march right along without skipping a beat.

Beach House: Bloom

Peter Zimmerman May 30, 2012 No Comments

Bloom does exactly what its title announces: open up and reveal a maturity and depth to the work that the band has certainly hit before, but never yet in such a cohesive, constant and compelling way.

The Cult: Choice of Weapon

Dan Berthiaume May 30, 2012 No Comments

Choice of Weapon is The Cult’s first full-length release of new studio material in five years. Judging by the album’s dark lyrical content and heavy duty riffs, during that half-decade the band has seen some harrowing times.

Tedeschi Trucks Band: Everybody’s Talkin’

Nick Gunther May 25, 2012 No Comments

The fact is that right now there is simply nothing stopping the Tedeschi Trucks Band. If the current state of this band describes its immediate outlook for the future, the unit may be headed back to Swamp Raga to spend some time in the near future. The Tedeschi Trucks Band is in a separate class of professionalism, and Everybody’s Talkin’ depicts that representation most effectively.

The Parlotones: Journey Through The Shadows

Chris Calarco May 25, 2012 No Comments

The Parlotones are the musical equivalent of drinking with your favorite crush. The one who likes to tease you by buying drinks with that knowing smile but only offers verbal tales of angst and confusion. You know its a little manipulative but damn it feels good. Then in the morning you’re confused. Why did you do that to yourself?

Garbage: Not Your Kind Of People

Jeff Demars May 24, 2012 No Comments

Armed with a fresh vitality and a solid album that plays to their strengths, Garbage is back as talented as ever, and they won’t be leaving any time soon.

Maps & Atlases: Beware and Be Grateful

David Hoffman May 23, 2012 No Comments

Beware and Be Grateful manages to dodge mediocrity with its bombastic sound and clever sonic architecture, but it still slightly misses the mark by flexing muscles that may have been better served with consistency over experimentation.

Joey Ramone

Hunter Moore May 23, 2012 No Comments

Joey Ramone’s “…ya know?” the second posthumous release of songs from the former lead singer of punk rock icons The Ramones, provides long-awaited insight into the singer’s musical influences and passions outside the group.

Leftover Salmon: Aquatic Hitchhiker

Dan Berthiaume May 22, 2012 No Comments

Although Leftover Salmon have always been grouped in with other jam bands, their roots lay more with The Band and Bill Monroe than the Grateful Dead and Aquatic Hitchhiker delivers a solid set of bluegrass, country, folk, funk and R&B, with a smattering of jazz and psychedelia thrown in for good measure.

Big Brother and the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin: Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968

Ron Hart May 21, 2012 No Comments

This is Bear’s vision,” proclaims Stanley’s widow Sheilah in the liner notes to this collection. “How he heard the band live, and how he wanted to transmit that to you… this truly is Bear’s presentation of this phenomenal band and inspirational music.” Indeed it will be most exciting to anticipate what other preserved treasures will be unearthed from Bear’s library of sonic journals to offer further insight into the history of San Francisco’s vibrant rock scene. If what’s to come is even half as good as this phenomenal recording, we are in for quite a memorable trip.

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