Album Reviews

The Bridge: The Bridge

Tim Newby March 30, 2007 No Comments

If the Meters and Stevie Ray Vaughn made love the result would be The Bridge.

Loney, Dear: Loney, Noir

Josh Cox March 29, 2007 No Comments

With a title and a band name like Loney, Dear, you wouldn’t be remiss to expect some severe wrist-slit baroque morbidity along the lines of Portishead.

Son Volt: The Search

Jason Gonulsen March 28, 2007 No Comments

The Search, Son Volt's new effort, is just as fantastic as Okemah. Hell, it’s better. It doesn’t rock as much, doesn’t sound as pissed off or as urgent, but Farrar sounds as alive as he’s ever been recorded.

Exit Clov: Respond Respond

Stefanie Jackowitz March 23, 2007 No Comments

Watch out, America. Exit Clov, a Washington DC- based group of indie rockers, is exploding onto the music scene armed with a powerful sound and a personal agenda.

The Zincs: Black Pompadour

Jamie Lee March 22, 2007 No Comments

James Elkington could sing a death notice and still garner applause. His voice is strong yet warm, and eloquent. Black Pompadour, the third album from Chicago’s The Zinc’s, finds Elkington delivering gloomy verse with a quaint, endearing touch.

The Broken West: I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On

Josh Cox March 22, 2007 No Comments

The blurb on the front of The Broken West's I Can't Go On, I'll Go On likens this Los Angeles band to Big Star, Teenage Fanclub, and Merge labelmates Spoon. Add to that list Wilco. With vocal processing levels set to Tweedy, “Down in the Valley” and “Big City” could be B-sides from Wilco's Being There.

The Apples in Stereo: New Magnetic Wonder

Shane Handler March 21, 2007 No Comments

If there are three words to best describe Apples in Stereo – its unfortunately 'cutesy indie pop.' Associated with the Elephant Six Collective – a group of bands which also includes Neutral Milk Hotel, of Montreal and The Olivia Tremor Control – New Magnetic marks the Apples' first release in five years, and first on Yep Roc records. Is it for everyone? No.

Tom Waits: Orphans

Shawn Donohue March 19, 2007 No Comments

Waits’ Orphans brings to mind Bob Dylan’s The Bootleg Series 1- 3, in that both are career defining outtake albums that give fans a view of the wizard behind the curtain, awakening them to a new level of greatness within the artist. Both collections should be experienced after listeners are more then just casual fans.