The Black Keys kind of lost their edge last year with Brothers. While it was a good album, it didn’t reach the highs and
Protest movements often result in music that is repetitive and uninspiring, if only for the small number of widely identifiable protest songs. You shouldn't
Oriel Joans give listeners what they expect from Swedish pop: infectiously light key progressions, trickly acoustics, and gorgeous melodies that evolve from folk-tinged whispers
Around a month ago, I was told The Explorers Club would be releasing their first new material in over four years. Freedom Wind, their
After delivering several albums with flashes of brilliance but a lack of consistency, mr. Gnome have taken their biggest stride with Madness in Miniature,
Of all the upstate NY bands to show promise in the last five years – only to fizzle out – did any show more
That Game Theory’s entire catalog is seemingly terminally out of print is a great travesty. Certainly they were one of the most important purveyors
In the stream of excellent hard-hitting power-pop albums that were released in the aftermath of the punk explosion, there were bound to be a
Feathers are four girls from Brisbane creating infectious lo-fi dream-pop. While some of their songs are lively and upbeat, a large number are darker
Excellent Philly-based psych-rockers Dr. Dog are returning in 2012 with Be the Void, set to be released February 7th via Anti-Records. The follow-up to
