Song Reviews

First New Tool in 13 Years: ‘Fear Inoculum’ A Fascinating Deconstruction (SONG REVIEW)

James Roberts August 7, 2019 7 Comments

So good to see you…I missed you so much…

A Perfect Circle Unleashes ‘The Doomed’ (SONG REVIEW)

James Roberts October 17, 2017 No Comments

A Perfect Circle returns with a perfect vengeance.

All Them Witches-“Dirt Preachers” (Song Review)

James Roberts August 14, 2015 No Comments

[rating=8.00] Nashville’s All Them Witches is a group that defies the modern need for hyper-classification. A case can be made for calling them sludge, psych, post-metal, or even, perhaps, doom.

Sufjan Stevens Is Resurrected on Devastating “Should Have Known Better” (SONG REVIEW)

Scott Elingburg March 16, 2015 1 Comment

“Should Have Known Better” stands up and walks us through a devastating path of isolation, loneliness, regret, and ultimately resurrection.

Tame Impala Craft Electro-Psych Epic With “Let It Happen” (SONG REVIEW)

Josh Cox March 13, 2015 No Comments

[rating=10.00] Three years ago, psych-rockers Tame Impala released their signature opus “Apocalypse Dreams,” the sprawling centerpiece of their second LP, Lonerism. But they’ve matched its brilliance with new single “Let

Mumford & Sons – “Believe” (SONG REVIEW)

Sheryl Hunter March 10, 2015 No Comments

Mumford & Sons deserve credit for taking a huge risk with their music, but we won’t know until the entire album is out whether that risk pays off.

My Morning Jacket Go Dramatic With “Big Decisions” (SONG REVIEW)

Doug Collette March 3, 2015 No Comments

Rediscover My Morning Jacket in all their glory with majestic new single, “Big Decisions.”

Sufjan Stevens – “No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross” (SONG REVIEW)

Jeff Strowe February 19, 2015 3 Comments

With “No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross,” Sufjan Stevens hearkens back to the gently lilting, folk-inflected stylings of his masterworks, ‘Illinois’ and ‘Michigan.’

Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Somebody That I Used to Know” (SONG REVIEW)

James Roberts January 22, 2015 No Comments

With their cover of Elliott Smith’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield are reverent to the late singer-songwriter, even if the track doesn’t quite strike the appropriate tone.