Authors: Stakerized
Review: The Pop Group – We Are Time / Cabinet...
The Pop Group = Gang of Four + The Fall – Joy Division … read more
Review: The Pop Group – Citizen Zombie
The Pop Group = X + Gang of Four – XTC … read more
Review: The Smoking Flowers – 2 Guns
IIt’s more interesting than the crop of artists on the pop country charts, but that isn’t saying much. For sheer listening—if you enjoy the storytelling lyricizing of the country genre—you could do far worse. … read more
Review: The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
The Dandy Warhols Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia: Live At the Wonder Beat the World/The End Records Street: 01.27 The Dandy Warhols = Oasis + Velvet Underground – Brian Jonestown Massacre 2014 is a year of many anniversaries in indie music. Kurt Cobain’s suicide tends to overshadow the rest, but 1994 was also the year
Review: The Holydrug Couple – Moonlust
The Holydrug Couple = Serge Gainsbourg + Air / My Bloody Valentine … read more
Review: The Fall – Sub-Lingual Tablet
The Fall = The Monks + The Velvet Underground – Pere Ubu … read more
Review: Swervedriver – I Wasn’t Born To Lose You
Swervedriver = Ride + Spiritualized / My Bloody Valentine … read more
Review: Superchunk – Come Pick Me Up
Superchunk = Hüsker Dü+ Sleater-Kinney – Bob Mould … read more
Review: Superchunk – I Hate Music
It’s a quarter-century since founding the band and starting the Merge Records label, and their rapid-fire pop-punk hasn’t slowed down on this release. The unlikely ode to the Jamaican musician, producer and member of The Skatalites who passed away in 1990 should have been the sing-along pop radio staple of the year. But then, this sound doesn’t have a year—it’s just timeless. … read more
Review: Stockholm Monsters – All At Once
Stockholm Monsters = New Order + The Smiths – Morrissey … read more
Review: Sir Richard Bishop – Tangier Sessions
Sir Richard Bishop = Pentangle + Bonnie Prince Billy – Sun City Girls … read more
Review: Six Organs of Admittance – Hexadic
Six Organs of Admittance = Sun City Girls + Comets on Fire – Magik Markers … read more
