Dehd: Poetry November 7, 2024I’m too old to talk about “the song of the summer,” but I’m also not immune to a...
Wavves: Hideaway August 8, 2021Sitting on the precipice of noise rock (due primarily to the, uh, noisy production), Wavves manages to make...
The Walkmen: Lisbon January 24, 2012Lead singer, Hamilton Leithauser, sounds like Dylan if Dylan thought he could sing. It’s not to say he...
Yuck: Yuck March 17, 2011Right off the bat this album sounds like something sitting in one of my many CD towers in...
Dinosaur Jr.: Beyond January 5, 2008This thing brought me right back to the old days right out of the gate. Sure, J Mascis‘...
Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha October 27, 2007I know next to nothing about this guy. He could look like Lou Ferrigno or David Cross or...
Deadboy & the Elephantmen: We Are Night Sky June 7, 2006Like something out of hillbilly hell or some bizarre zombie version of the The White Stripes, this band is...
The Black Keys: Thickfreakness April 9, 2003Jesus, this stuff is heavy. Like a non-hipster version of The White Stripes and a heroin-addled Eric Clapton,...
