Aimee Mann – Mental Illness Released March 31st, 2017 The title of Aimee Mann’s latest solo effort, Mental Illness, is not something you mull over or analyze in search of some hidden subtext or meaning. In an interview with Rolling… Continue Reading
British Sea Power – Let The Dancers Inherit The Party Released March 31st, 2017 It’s been four years since British Sea Power’s last release. Tenth album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party is a successful pop-rock album by a band… Continue Reading
Real Estate – In Mind In lesser hands, the band’s tranquil manifesto would fall into motionless, “sounds pretty good” territory creating vague background music that doesn’t leave anyone with any kind of impression. But Real Estate’s gentle touch embraces their… Continue Reading
AFI – AFI (The Blood Album) Released January 20th, 2017 After bands have established career security groups often feel compelled to equal or better the quality of previous releases, or decide to indulge in experiments, complexities and whims. Twenty-two years… Continue Reading
Childish Gambino – Awaken, My Love! Released October 7th, 2016 Donald Glover is a busy man. Cramming rap, music, film direction, an acting career, and stand-up comedy into his regular routine. Under his musical alter ego of Childish Gambino, his… Continue Reading
Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct Released November 18th, 2016 While not directly positioned as such, Metallica’s 10th album, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct is their best work in some twenty years. Though the band seems to be slowing down with age, there are… Continue Reading
Sleigh Bells – Jessica Rabbit Released November 11th, 2016 The Brooklyn-based noise pop duo Sleigh Bells’ fourth album, Jessica Rabbit, is a band harnessing their raw power and pushing it in some new directions. The first release on their own… Continue Reading
Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch Released September 30th, 2016 Jenny Hval makes difficult experimental avant-garde pop music. Blood Bitch is the fourth album under her own name by the ever-inventive and fascinating Norwegian artist. It’s arguably her best to date,… Continue Reading
Morgan Delt – Phase Zero Released August 26th, 2016 Morgan Delt jumped to Sub Pop for his second effort, Phase Zero. The album continues Delt’s blend of ’60s psychedelia, acid rock, folk-rock and twisted sunshine pop all filtered through a… Continue Reading
Bat For Lashes – The Bride Released July 1st, 2016 Bat For Lashes, AKA Natasha Khan, draws from her studies of film, visual art and fashion design to create a tangible world on The Bride. This fourth album, a concept… Continue Reading