Album Reviews

Living Things: Ahead of the Lions

On their Steve Albini produced debut, Ahead of the Lions, Living Things rekindle a Stooges/MC5 riot rock energy with them, that muscles up whatever glam inklings their Marc Bolan side wants to reveal. Like most cheap riff living bands, Living Things offer little in the way of lyrics, but many meat servings in the way of balls to the wall guitar hero riffs that would fit into “School of Rock 101. “

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Lucero: Nobody’s Darlings

Beginning with the band’s 2001 eponymous debut, the Memphis, Tenn. quartet has maintained an irreverent blend of country and punk that, over time, has been blurred into a very cohesive and organic coupling.

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David Gray: Life In Slow Motion

Those expecting to hear the David Gray we knew from his breakthrough album White Ladder will be disappointed. But that doesn’t mean that his new album Life In Slow Motion is a let-down, it

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The Clientele: Strange Geometry

Rarely does a record come along so layered with rich lyrics and melodies, and despite motifs of death and life fading away, the songs never succumb to melancholy. Strange Geometry isn

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