Grandaddy: Blu Wav March 15, 2024You’d think as a rock ’n’ roll elder statesman that I’d love mellow. My tired ears. My tired...
Laura Jane Grace: Stay Alive October 28, 2020Laura Jane Grace has changed a lot in the past few years. I mean besides changing her name...
Hamilton Leithauser: The Loves of Your Life May 11, 2020Hamilton Leithauser seemingly lives in a different era than the rest of the musical universe. And while his tunes feel timeless, they also don't belong to 2020. It could
Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties: Routine Maintenance August 28, 2019There is this funny world that some indie rock bands like Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties inhabits....
Tim Kasher: No Resolution June 14, 2018Tim Kasher wears his heart on his sleeve. I guess that’s why he’s been branded “emo” over the...
The Bicycle Thief: You Come and Go Like a Pop Song July 1, 2016It feels like just about everything from 2001 that wasn’t 9/11 was lost to history, including this album....
Craig Finn: Faith In the Future October 20, 2015I guess this is Craig Finn’s Tunnel of Love. Me? I was hoping for more of a Born...
Waxahatchee: Ivy Tripp December 24, 2013I want to like this. I do. The same way I wanted to like PJ Harvey and some...
Jason Lytle: Dept. of Disappearance December 30, 2012Grandaddy was one of those bands that I used to listen to that had no basis in reality....
J Mascis: Several Shades of Why March 17, 2011It’s funny to hear J Mascis in his other mode. His reflective, singer-songwriter mode where there isn’t even...
Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo March 9, 2011I generally stay away from the low-key singer/songwriter stuff since Elliott Smith snuffed himself. I saw one of...
Lightspeed Champion: Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You. November 4, 2010Much more fleshed out than his first stab at a solo thing, Devonte Hynes moves even further from...
The Replacements: All Shook Down September 24, 2010This album signaled the devolution of the band formerly known as The Replacements and the rise of Paul...
Lightspeed Champion: Falling off the Lavender Bridge May 22, 2009This has become one of my go-to albums. I’m not even sure why I enjoy it so much...
Jason Collett: Here’s to Being Here January 1, 2009He’s like a pop Jakob Dylan with an oddly country twang, or a hi-fi lof-fi Beck without the wink....
Lou Barlow: EMOH June 13, 2006Solo albums are always a good measure of an artist’s heart. For Lou Barlow, we always kind of...
Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes March 10, 2004Oh boy, I know I’m gonna get crap for this one. Making sense of Tori Amos’ little piano-side...
