Wolf Parade: Expo 86 July 13, 2010This is certainly Wolf Parade’s most straightforward album, less moaning and broken gears and almost hopeful in its...
Julian Casablancas: Phrazes For The Young June 24, 2010It’s pretty much impossible to divorce Julian Casablancas from The Strokes. As the lead singer and songwriter, it’s...
Cut Off Your Hands: You & I May 23, 2009This album took a few listens before I could truly appreciate its poppiness. I mean poppiness in a...
Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not October 5, 2008What does a dude sound like when he’s singing with a cigarette and a pint in his hands?...
Tokyo Police Club: A Lesson in Crime September 13, 2006It’s as if The Strokes got released from their major label and were allowed to really rock it...
The Capes: Hello June 21, 2006Do you like your music catchy and you accents super-ridiculously ridiculous? So poppy it’s almost jokey, the album...
The Plastic Constellations: Crusades June 21, 2006Frenchkiss bands all owe something to Les Savy Fav–the Plastic Constellations included. Though their music may, uh, chug...
The Strokes: First Impressions of Earth June 11, 2006Shut up haters! On their junior album (is that correct considering a second album is a called a...
The Rakes: Capture/Release May 13, 2006Fooook, this shite is hot! This definitely is at the top of my 2006 list so far. Falling...
Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock & Roll May 24, 2005This is the album to play if you want your roommate to skedaddle so you can finally bed...
Bloc Party: Silent Alarm March 23, 2005No, but seriously, the first time I heard this album I almost shat myself. The opening drums on...
The Natural History: Beat Beat Heartbeat June 1, 2003Trying to define hipness in music is very difficult. Some people think Radiohead is hip. They’re not. Some people...
The Dismemberment Plan: Emergency & I October 26, 2002The only thing better than listening to this amazing album is hearing it live. Of course, with the...
The Detachment Kit: They Raging. Quiet Army July 14, 2002Chicago is windy. Chicago is cold. Chicago bands play music that sounds as if they are playing icy...
Liars: They Threw Us in a Trench and Stuck a Monument On Top October 31, 2001Liars are an anomaly. One part funk, art troop, one part spastic teenager with a penchant for banging...
