Archive for the ‘Album Reviews’ Category
RATING: (9/10) RT: ”Giorgio by Moder,” “Contact,” “Give Life Back to Music,” “Doin’ It Right” RiYL: Justice, Classixx, Les Sins I believe it’s fair to say that from behind their metallic faces, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter have become massive icons of the great beast that has now become EDM. The Robots »
RATING: (9.5/10) RT: “ Looking Thru Baby Blue,” “Sea of Your Mind,” “Sacred Sound” RiYL: 60′s Psych, Neo-Psychedellic, Eastern Influenced Music From Canada’s beloved neo-psychedelic band, Elephant Stone, comes a brand new self-titled album. With an infusion of sixties psych-pop (Beatles and Kinks style) and authentic Indian influences, Elephant Stone is a unique »
RATING: (8.0/10) RT: “Plague”, “Kerosene”, “Sad Eyes”, “Transgender”, “Violent Youth” RiYL: Pictureplane, Grimes, living a Stieg Larsson novel/being Lisbeth Salander Toronto electronic duo Crystal Castles breed many sub-genres of electronica to create this celestial monster of collaged samples, icy synths, and glitchy vocals. (III), (unironically) the band’s third album, continues to »
RATING: (7.9/10) RT: “Ones and Zeroes”, “Make A Toast”, “Birdgun”, “Deadhorse Bay” RiYL: Matthew Dear, Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, really hard to make comparisons to this artist, if you’re ADD you’ll probably like this. Recently, the Brooklyn trio, WIN WIN, recorded their second full length album, Double Vision. »
RATING: (8.3/10) RT: “No Reward”, “Forest Whitaker”, “Friendly Advice”, “No Sides” RiYL: Manchester Orchestra, Kevin Devine, happiness, family, and coming home. Bad Books is the supergroup of Kevin Devine (Brooklyn singer/songwriter) and Manchester Orchestra (moody alternative rock group). After their first and self-titled album, Bad Books showed that their sound was exactly what you »
RiYL: Pentaphobe, Maduro, Lynx, Mimosa It’s an interesting thing that happens when a violin and a synthesizer/computer/keyboard/what-have-you decide to make love. Either the songs wind up becoming genuine garbage which needs to be exterminated with extreme prejudice (pretentious music), or the music winds up on the iPods of many pirates completely »
RATING: (7.9/10) RT: “Angels,” “Chained,” “Unfold.” RiYL: Purity Ring, Bon Iver, James Blake, Jamie XX The British indie pop known as The xx has some interesting ways of making music. . Their songs are ambient, relying on a combination of vocals and subtle instrumentals. It’s a bizarre style, and the best »
RATING: (7.0/10) RT: “Tessellate”, “Breezeblocks”, “Fitzpleasure” RiYL: James Blake, Zulu Winter, At times can be a little like tUnE-yArDs, like being dropped in a super soulful ocean. Alt-J’s first full length album, An Awesome Wave, is a good place to start for the relatively new British band. The album is actually »
151A is the first LP released by Kishi Bashi, the prolific violinist who plays for Of Montreal. Being one that is not usually impressed by overly happy music, I was surprised when my lips curled up into a smile that I could not possibly fight. Along with the smile inducing »
The Midwest has been home to a host of progressive blues and country musicians from Chuck Berry to Uncle Tupelo. Carrying on the tradition of progressive blues and country music is St. Louis band Since 1902. Robert Don, Justin Enoch, Pete Holohan, and Nathaniel Endicott are still young, but the »
