Album Reviews

    Check out the albums that have left Mr. H with permanent hearing loss in his left ear, but a song in his heart.

    Glow On

    Turnstile: GLOW ON

    I was torn as to how to classify this Turnstile album. And, look, I know most bands probably...

    Living Colour: Vivid

    Has a band as out of left field as Living Colour ever led off their debut album with...
    Hideaway

    Wavves: Hideaway

    Sitting on the precipice of noise rock (due primarily to the, uh, noisy production), Wavves manages to make...
    Truth and Soul

    Fishbone: Truth and Soul

    There was a hecticness to Los Angeles music in the late 80s. It’s a distinction without a definition,...
    Fake Fruit

    Fake Fruit: Fake Fruit

    Each time I fire this Fake Fruit album up I know I’m hearing something familiar. But I can’t...
    Uppers

    TV Priest: Uppers

    The first thing one notices on TV Priest’s Uppers is the production quality. Something about it makes it...
    Sound Ancestors

    Madlib: Sound Ancestors

    Admittedly I know next to nothing about electronic (electronica?) music. In fact, I’m not even sure what constitutes...