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Reckless Kelly Reviewed
Reckless Kelly Reckless Kelly Was Here (Sugar Hill) Reckless Kelly Was Here gives the chilling impression it’s supposed to be Frampton Comes Alive. Hopefully we’ve learned that lesson.
New London Fire Reviewed
New London Fire I Sing The Body Holographic (Eyeball) Former Sleep Station members morph into a more synth-oriented, anthemo concoction.
Wise In Time
Wise In Time The Ballad Of The Den Men (Crammed/Ryko) Former Juryman Ian Simmonds takes the dark roads through Bristol.
Hunters, Run! review
Hunters, Run! Broken Sounds (self released) Falling asleep making lo-fi bedroom rock and dreaming of stadium glory.
Jeffrey Luck Lucas review
Jeffrey Luck Lucas What We Whisper (Antebellum) An album that is on no schedule whatsoever and will get there when it friggin’ gets there.
The Finals review
The Finals Plan Your Getaway (Immortal) New Jersey pop punks avoid the teen and O.C. clichés, opting for an effective, if frill-less formula.
Spoon Reviewed
Spoon Telephono/Soft Effects (Merge) Spoon’s place in indie rock lore was secured by their third and fourth albums. From here on — no matter if they license everything to McDonald’s or go completely off the deep end — they will be regarded as royalty. Originally released by Matador Records, Telephono and Soft Effects are being […]
The Gersch Reviewed
The Gersch The Gersch (Tortuga) Mainly a footnote now Cliff Meyer has found success as Red Sparowes and ISIS, this collection of recordings as The Gersch sorts through his past.
Just Pharrell
Pharrell In My Mind (Star Trak/Interscope) Second miss in a row from Neptunes half Pharrell Williams.
Boy Kill Boy Reviewed
Boy Kill Boy Civilian (Island) Not to be confused with Rock Kills Kid, The Killers, Kill Hannah, or The Kills, London’s Boy Kill Boy drop an engagingly melodic, bandwagon-jumping debut.
The Long Winters Reviewed
The Long Winters Putting The Days To Bed (Barsuk) By virtue of recording for Seattle indie label Barsuk and having some hip friends (Peter Buck, Chris Walla, Ken Stringfellow), John Roderick’s The Long Winters is supposed to be some kind of indie rock.
Andy Kim Reviewed
Andy Kim How’d We Ever Get This Way/Rainbow Ride Baby I Love You/Andy Kim (Collector’s Choice) Like all too many characters in this theater we call rock, Andy Kim’s biggest commercial achievement (co-writing The Archies’ “Sugar Sugar”) failed to make him a household name. Though it’s not like he didn’t get to party.
Justice Reviewed
Justice Waters Of Nazareth EP (Vice) Not to be confused with jungle/drum ‘n’ bass pioneer Tony “Justice” Bowes, this Justice are a French electronica duo operating with Pedro Winter’s consent.
Professor Murder Reviewed
Professor Murder Rides The Subway (Kanine) Bands playing hi-hat heavy art punk rock in Brooklyn lofts are a dime-a-dozen. If they’d all just record a single EP and move onto the next trend, they’d save everyone about 20 minutes of their lives. God bless Professor Murder.
The Knife Reviewed
The Knife Silent Shout (Mute) This, The Knife’s third album overall, is the first U.S. release for the duo and has taken American electro writers by complete surprise.
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