Archive: 2013

Is this a good idea? Either way, color me excited.

As with any list, these picks aren’t based on a scientific scale of high-brow elitism. I (Ryan Reed, the editor) simply picked the 25 albums that thrilled me the most — the 25 that kept me listening months after their release date.

If you are in a position to egregiously waste 118 minutes of your existence, then I invite you to view ‘Battlefield Earth.’

[rating=6.00] The duo Psapp are back making quirky electro based tunes that play with found sounds and odd/invented instrumentation all structured around standard pop filaments; things aren’t artsy for art’s sake rather artsy for pop-sake. The band hadn’t made music in four years because life got in the way but there is no bad blood […]

The xx have announced details of a series of New York City shows starting on March 19 through the 29th, 2014.  The band will be playing twice a night and much like their  Manchester International Festival shows, attendance will be limited to 40 people per performance. The xx at Park Avenue Armory: Wednesday, March 19 […]

Slayer performing in Columbus OH

Without hyperbole, I can say The Kills put on one of the best shows I’ve attended. Top five for sure, with a near perfect set list composed of fan favorites and deep cuts culled from each of their albums.

American Horror Story gives us another lackluster Fall Finale for the week.

It’s not every day that one gets the chance to see CBGB legends, Television perform. In fact, it’s not even every year. Thanksgiving weekend marked the first time in over seven years that these venerable New York City rockers graced the stage of their native land. Luring them out into the open was the grand […]

[rating=8.00] Neil Young’s Live at the Cellar Door follows in the footsteps of previous entries in his archival performance series, bearing marked resemblance to Canterbury House, the Riverboat and Massey Hall. All sterling documents of brilliant solo performances, this one is only slightly less so due to the paucity of spoken interludes that, on its […]

It’s been a good year for Lucius. Even before the October release of its acclaimed debut, “Wildewoman,” the Brooklyn based quintet, fronted by look alike singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig had generated a strong buzz. The band’s following is rapidly growing to the point that this show was moved from a small club to […]

One day after announcing a new album and releasing its first single,  Annie Clark/St. Vincent has confirmed a tour in 2014 in support of the record. The rocker will travel the U.S. and Canada for nearly two months before finishing up back in New York state — this time in Buffalo on April 12. The […]

Typhoon will spend much of early 2014 on the road in support of their critically-acclaimed new album White Lighter, following up on their sold out Fall tour across North America. Kicking things off in January with a handful of dates around the Pacific Northwest, the 11-piece band (featuring strings, horns and two drummers – in […]

All in all, this felt like an OK but unremarkable coda to a frustrating season.

SCANDAL-OUS SPOILERS AHEAD… If you’ve found yourself wearing a lot of white hats, or drinking wine from giant glasses while eating popcorn, or shouting into your cell phone “it’s handle,” you might be addicted to ABC’s Scandal. Don’t worry, though — you aren’t alone. In fact, the series is popping up everywhere these days, including […]

This might help cure your case of Belew balls.

Gabriel gave another vague tease for his next LP (and another bleak response about the odds of a Genesis reunion) in a new interview with Rolling Stone.

Odludek is the debut solo album by Jimi Goodwin. It is set for release on Heavenly on March 25th 2014. Having spent the last decade and a bit fronting now much-missed Manchester band Doves, Jimi Goodwin was a little touch nervous about making music under his own name. He needn’t have worried. Bouncing joyfully from […]

ATO Records will release Mike Gordon’s new solo album, “Overstep”, on February 25, 2014. Gordon shared songwriting duties with guitarist and longtime collaborator Scott Murawski and handed over the producing reins for the first time in his solo career, enlisting Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Uncle Tupelo, Pixies). He also invited a few new players into the studio, including legendary drummer Matt Chamberlain (Jon Brion, Fiona Apple). Beginning today, […]

Pixies’ 2013 – 2014 global tour schedule continues to escalate with a series of major South American and European festival performances now confirmed for next Spring and Summer. The band – Black Francis/vocals, guitar, Joey Santiago/guitar, backing vocals, and David Lovering/drums, backing vocals – will kick off the festival season in late March in South […]