[rating=7.00] Philadelphia indie rockers Man Man have always sought to push the envelope. With the release of their fifth full-length album, they do that by taking their music in a
Pixies purists fear not. Everything is going to be just fine. After a two-year hiatus, alternative-rock legends Pixies are back with a vengeance. Armed with an arsenal of new songs—and
Like its Northeastern cousin festival, Gov’t Mule’s Mountain Jam, Grace Potter& The Nocturnals Grand Point North has grown by leaps and bounds in each successive year of its three-year existence.
Every now and then, you run into someone who is so no bullshit that it almost shocks you. Richie Ramone, drummer for the legendary Ramones during some of their most
Versions sounds both familiar and new, both surprising and self-evident; the songs here aren’t rebuilt from scratch so much as refined, clarified, crystallized. Only time will tell whether Versions is the end of the first chapter of the Zola Jesus discography or the beginning of the second, but it’s a worthwhile and fascinating effort in either case.
[rating=8.00] With each album the Arctic Monkeys experiment with their sound a bit more, stretching out from their high-powered storytelling pub rock that shot them to instant fame back in
Jeff Angell is on a mission. The frontman/guitar player for the Walking Papers is in Lubbock, Texas, and looking for a swimming pool. It’s a day off for the band,
[rating=6.00] The new noise/drone/art-rock duo Body/Head is actually comprised of two elders on the scene, Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth fame and Bill Nace who runs Open Mouth Records out
Last week Ben Shepherd unleashed his solo album In Deep Owl. Full of haunting and hypnotically alluring tunes that furrow the brow at the deeper meanings underneath some pretty cryptic
