Authors: LeAundra Jeffs
Review: The Calamity Cubes! – Old World’s Ocean
There has been another surge of old-school style country over the last few years, and The Calamity Cubes! are a part of the wave. … read more
Review: The Body – No One Deserves Happiness
The Body = Throbbing Gristle + Thou … read more
Review: The Catbirds – Catbirds Say Yeah
Perhaps I’m being a bit harsh here, but I dreaded reviewing this album. Southern rock doesn’t have to be an homage to the dying art. I felt like I was overhearing a TV in the adjacent room playing one of those awkward Time-Life Singers and Songwriters commercials, but they were introducing a strange, assorted collection of ’70s and ’90s rock. … read more
Review: The Hidden Cameras – AGE
My personal favorite part of this venture is the incorporation of string instruments (both the violin and cello) into a synth-heavy sound. This provides an organic sound to complement, as well as contradict, the robotics of the spacey noises. … read more
Review: Skeletonwitch – The Apothic Gloom
Skeletonwitch = Revocation + Wintersun … read more
Review: Skiggy Rapz
Repeated, perturbing consonant sounds on “Winning Vibes” are the lightest drawbacks on Skiggy Rapz’s latest, Satellites. High-production hip hop often feels like an endless game of lyrical Boggle, where few combinations are possible––Skiggy Rapz is no exception. … read more
Review: Sandy’s – Fourth Dementia
Every song is like an island in a geographically-close chain, and each is closely related in overall vegetation, but every one has both subtle and clever differences. Schematically, this album is an intricately beach-infused psychedelic wonderland—for the heaviest dose, see “Lonely Hunter.” … read more
Review: Run Boy Run – Something to Someone
Run Boy Run = Elephant Revival + Alison Krauss … read more
Review: Royal Thunder – Crooked Doors
Royal Thunder = Portugal. The Man + Skid Row … read more
Review: Radiation City – Animals In The Median
As the first track, “Zombies” began, my imagination pranced to a breezy field of poppy blossoms in the Pacific Northwest. … read more