Album Reviews

Nils Lofgren: Sacred Weapon

Sarah Moore October 6, 2006 No Comments

Nils Lofgren, guitarist of Bruce

For Rex : The Black Tie Dye Ball: The Zen Tricksters and Special Guests

Kenny Bohlin October 4, 2006 No Comments

Last fall a group of musicians came together for a benefit for the Rex Foundation. The black tie event held at the concert hall for the New York Society for Ethical Culture featured an artist collective comprised of Grateful Dead members and mercenaries, but was primarily based around the foundation of the Zen Tricksters.

Ernie Hendrickson and the Make Believe : Only A Dream

Benji Feldheim October 4, 2006 No Comments

This Chicago quartet annihilates today

Silversun Pickups: Carnavas

Shane Handler October 1, 2006 No Comments

Although the Silversuns are a work in progress and its hard to define if this sort of

Dr. John: Mercenary

Benji Feldheim September 29, 2006 No Comments

A gorgeous time capsule with a hard beat.

Gooding: Tiny Heart Attacks

Sarah Moore September 27, 2006 No Comments

What started as an erratic pop disc unfolds into a slide-guitar, gut-bucket, emotion-spouting masterpiece.

The Walkmen: A Hundred Miles Off

William Ruben Helms September 27, 2006 No Comments

From their Bows and Arrows album to this new release, the Walkmen seemed to be actively experimenting with their sound in the attempt to create something profoundly new and different. And although this unusual album is a largely uninspired mess of sorts, it

Valorie Miller : Folk Star

David Eduardo September 25, 2006 No Comments

Miller abandons the

Honkytonk Homeslice: Honkytonk Homeslice

Jason Rooks September 20, 2006 No Comments

Honkytonk Homeslice is the acoustic trio consisting of String Cheese Incident

DJ Shadow: The Outsider

Jack Spilberg September 19, 2006 No Comments

Toss out all your expectations of what a DJ Shadow album should sound like, as this latest effort is like nothing he has come through with before. With a mix of songs from all ends of the musical spectrum; including hardcore rap, blues guitar, psychedelic folk, Coldplay-tinged ballads, and experimental atmospheric soundscapes, this schizophrenic collage of an album is overwhelmingly eclectic to say the least.