Album Reviews

Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:43:18

Ladyhawke's pedestrian dance music makes it really difficult to focus on the fact that there are some really interesting things happening lyrically on ...more

Verve Remixed Christmas

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:43:50

In a break from the way things generally go with these remix albums, Verve Remixed Christmas's interpretations that stray far from the source material ...more

Anathallo

Canopy Glow

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:34:14

Chicago six-piece Anathallo holds back no punches on Canopy Glow, its second full-length album. Like 2006's Floating World, the album skips between ...more

The Hotel Cafe Presents Winter Songs

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:23:11

Capitalizing on the recent spate of female singer-songwriters to make a strong mark in the popular consciousness, modest Los Angeles venue The Hotel ...more

Lisa Hannigan

Sea Sew

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:22:05

Damien Rice's breakthrough album O got a lot of attention for its fragile, folky love songs and its creator's easily enchanting vocals, but that ...more

Pavement

Brighten the Corners

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:21:04

Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition is the fourth Matador reissue of Pavement's five classic albums, and in addition to the original ...more

Fennesz

Black Sea

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:31:48

Musicians love to use the iTunes "Genre" field as a chance to make a joke, so whenever a contemporary artist's album comes up as "Classical," it's ...more

Mucc

Shion

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:26:36

There's a subsection of Americans who have a raging lust for all things Japanese. They harbor a fascination for the fashion, culture and lifestyle of ...more

Saliva

Cinco Diablo

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:34:44

Wow, we're already on a fifth Saliva album with Cinco Diablo! Time flies, doesn't it? The Tennessee band, who shot to fame and earned a Gold-selling ...more

Cat Power

Dark End of the Street

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:03:11

Twelve months after her second full album of covers, it seems that Chan Marshall, aka Cat Powerhas found her side-project niche. Her latest covers ...more

Slim

Love's Crazy

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:37:09

Like butter or melted milk chocolate—that's how smooth Slim is on his lite and lusty R&B opus, Love's Crazy. This Slim certainly ain't shady, either, ...more

Soulja Boy Tell Em

iSouljaboytellem

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:40:47

Just when the neighborhood grade school kids stopped doing the Superman dance and "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" had finally faded from the iPod inside ...more

honeyhoney

First Rodeo

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:12:22

honeyhoney is quite the twosome. Spearheaded by the pristine vocals of Suzanne Santo (who plays banjo and violin) and guitarist Ben Jaffe (who also ...more

Zac Brown

The Foundation

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:48:33

Country music has had its "fun quotient" upped significantly by Zac Brown Band's The Foundation. That's not to suggest that country music is a staid ...more

The Pharcyde

Bobby Evans Mix

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:42:12

L.A.-based hip-hop label Delicious Vinyl has enjoyed a renaissance and a reimagining in 2008. The centerpiece of their nostalgia trip was RMXXOLOGY, ...more

The Simon Sisters (Lucy and Carly)

Sing Songs for Children (1973)

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:01:35

Sisters Carly and Lucy Simon wrote and recorded these songs for the wee ones in the late 1960s, which may explain their lack of cootchie-coo goo. ...more

Lenka

Lenka

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:39:41

If you tossed Bjork and her edgy pop music into a blender with Jem and her frothy pop music, you'd probably end up with a tall, cool glass of Lenka, ...more

Justice

A Cross the Universe (CD/DVD)

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:32:38

By being packaged as a bonus CD alongside a tour documentary, A Cross the Universe lowers expectations. But even judged on its own merits, the ...more

Fall Out Boy

Folie à Deux

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:52:17

"Boycott love, detox just to retox," croons Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump on "Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes," the opening salvo of the ...more

Honey Claws

Honey Claws

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:47:23

Honey Claws recorded their debut in a Houston studio with the air-conditioning deliberately turned off, trying to cultivate a "hot house" atmosphere ...more