Music
Review: Weed – Running Back
Weed Running Back Lefse Records Street: 04.07 Weed = Whirr + Best Coast Despite their very on-the-nose name, I’m not sure I’d want to listen to the band Weed’s new album while under the influence of any kind of substance, though that is probably more of a testament to my delicate state of mind than
Review: Snoop Dogg – Bush
Snoop Dogg = Daft Punk + old Dr. Dre … read more
Review: Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed
Wiegedood De Doden Hebben Het Goed Consouling Sounds Street: 05.08 Wiegedood = Gorgoroth + Merrimack Wiegedood play a furious style of black metal that has an inherent viciousness. The tracks are longer and seep into your psyche, shaking you from the inside. The riffs are intelligent and memorable, and the songwriting is structured just right
Review: LA Font – Hangtime Vol. 1 EP
LA Font Hangtime Vol. 1 EP Fleeting Youth Records Street: 04.23 LA Font = The Cute Lepers + Elvis Costello LA Font traverse the gray line of power pop and electric rock n’ roll with a display of wonderful ease. Their EP, Hangtime Vol. 1, cuts through the dull void of silence with a pronounced
Review: Lone – Lemurian
Lone = Machinedrum + Nujabes + DMT Tapes FL … read more
Review: Roger O’Donnell with Julia Kent
Roger O’Donnell with Julia Kent = Peter Broderick + Hauschka + A Winged Victory For the Sullen … read more
Review: Jenny Hval – Apocalypse, girl
Jenny Hval Apocalypse, girl Sacred Bones Street: 06.09 Jenny Hval = Laurie Anderson + Kate Bush + FKA Twigs Apocalypse, girl is intimate, redolent of how an experimental documentary art film might translate to sound. Jenny Hval pervades her reality with musings about her state of being in the world—how she wants to live and
Review: Sick of Sarah – Anthem EP
Sick Of Sarah = Blink 182 + Josie and the Pussycats … read more
Review: Institute – Catharsis
Institute Catharsis Sacred Bones Street: 06.09 Institute = The Dead Boys + Gang of Four A thin-toned, catchy guitar riff begins “Perpetual Ebb,” the first track on Catharsis, and it seems to set the BPM for the whole record. Like most good albums swaying toward the punk genre, the speed enables perpetual pogoing. The vocals,
Review: Jeen – Tourist
Jeen Tourist Self-Released Street: 06.30 Jeen = Alanis Morissette + Mazzy Star I have a musical crush on Jeen O’ Brien; there is something very nostalgically ’90s about her singer/songwriter style. Tourist sounds like a woman who has a score to settle—“Buena Vista” is a demanding foot stomper with plenty of angst contrasting her softer,
Review: Zex – Fight For Yourself
Zex Fight For Yourself Magic Bullet Records Street: 10.01.14 Zex = Toy Dolls + Vice Squad Zex is the perfect example of UK82 punk rock in the contemporary form. Their album, Fight For Yourself, is 10 tracks that beautifully highlight the best 1980s street punk. However, Zex’s message of individuality and teenage rebellion are almost
Review: The Sonics – This is the Sonics
The Sonics This is the Sonics Revox Street: 03.31 The Sonics = Little Richard + Barrence Whitfield and the Savages At last, after 49 years, the original garage punkers come back with their unique blend of R&B-influenced garage rock with their brand-new, recorded-in-mono-tone album, This is the Sonics. It appears to pick up where they
