Charly Bliss: Guppy April 28, 2017Sometimes there is only so much peer pressure a guy can take before he breaks. And so it...
Death Cab for Cutie: Something About Airplanes January 25, 2015This was my first experience with Death Cab. As well it should be, as it’s their debut album....
Death Cab for Cutie: Photo Album January 25, 2015I like that they tried some different tempos and rock-ness on this album. There were certainly times on...
Death Cab for Cutie: Forbidden Love ep January 25, 2015This thing was sandwiched between We Have the Facts and The Photo Album LPs, and it kind of...
Cymbals Eat Guitars: Lose November 11, 2014I still hate the name of this band. Granted it’s better than Diarrhea Planet, Ugly Kid Joe or...
Menomena: Moms December 23, 2012I honestly had very little hope for this album. After all, the guy I assumed was the creative...
Ramona Falls: Prophet May 13, 2012For this album to live, something good had to die. Brent Knopf, lead singer of one of my...
David Bazan: Strange Negotiations January 24, 2012Bazan seems to condemn a lot. I suppose that’s kind of what religious folks do. But he seems...
Ra Ra Riot: The Orchard September 3, 2010So your drummer and songwriter dies after recording your debut album. It’s met with decent, and deserved, accolades....
Menomena: Mines August 12, 2010I declare albums ‘album of the year!’ on a regular basis. Actually, I’m often disappointed by much of...
David Bazan: Curse Your Branches December 26, 2009There is some serious sameness throughout this album. Bazan has always had an odd languid delivery that portrays...
Ramona Falls: Intuit August 9, 2009As the front man for Menomena, Brent Knopf makes great sounding, big music. Ramona Falls is his solo...
Menomena: Friend and Foe February 6, 2009Like a whacked out Flaming Lips (if that’s possible), Menomena mixes keys, horns and mostly atmosphere on an...
Ra Ra Riot: The Rhumb Line August 21, 2008It’s hard to believe, after spending four years there, that anything good could come out of Syracuse. It’s...
Aqueduct: Or Give Me Death October 27, 2007I never get sick of this album. There’s something just so familiar about it, all throwback and achingly...
Aqueduct: I Sold Gold October 16, 2005It’s kind of like The Rentals meet 12 Rods. I’m not sure where that gets us other than...
John Vanderslice: Time Travel Is Lonely February 28, 2005Vanderslice is a hard sell for some folks. He’s this kind of mad production genius who tweaks and...
Travis Morrison: Travistan September 29, 2004Lord, Jesus, this album is not good. I wanted so badly to like this thing, but Morrison, the...
