HAIM: Days Are Gone January 3, 2014There’s so much about this album that I really want to not like. There’s like some serious Taylor...
Crystal Antlers: Nothing Is Real December 24, 2013I realize that sometimes my taste is a bit all over the map, but I’ve found that I...
Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold December 22, 2013I suppose, based on the cover art and the generally rambling songs, that this bands is attempting some...
Bent Shapes: Feels Weird December 22, 2013I was instantly hooked on this album as track 1, “Behead Yrself Pt. 2,” jumps out as easily...
Swearin’: Surfing Strange December 22, 2013Swearin’s first, self-titled album was on my list of best albums of 2012, so you could imagine my...
Iron Chic: The Constant One December 22, 2013First off, awesome band name! I mean normally punny names are a no-no (insert names here), this one...
Stoker December 1, 2013So apparently this movie was written by Wentworth Miller. Who, you ask, is that? Is it some duke or lord sitting in an English manor with his trusty hound by his side
Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City July 28, 2013These guys are funny. They’re kids from Glenrigde, NJ who write kind of pretentious songs in the key...
Savages: Silence Yourself July 15, 2013Right out of the gate I’m thinking second coming of Elastica. Though that comparison is relatively fleeting, as...
John Vanderslice: Dagger Beach July 15, 2013John Vanderslice isn’t what I would call a “happy” guy. He uses the word “alone” and “fear” quite...
Surfer Blood: Pythons July 3, 2013I can’t say the lead singer, John Paul Pitts’, voice is my favorite. It sounds a little Kermit-y...
Palma Violets: 180 May 12, 2013The parmigianas? WTF kinda band name is that? At least that’s the Italian dish name I heard in...
Mikal Cronin: MCII May 12, 2013What rock music these days isn’t in some varying throwback style? What’s old is new and all that....
Chance the Rapper: Acid Rap April 29, 2013Maybe it’s just me, but it seems the fun has gone out of hip-hop. It’s not to say...