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Stephanie ButlerReviews
Erin McKeown: LafayetteThe uneven live album of a singer-songwriter trying to find a place for her own brand of eclectic, swinging, personal pop. [28 September 2007] 
Manchester Orchestra: Im Like A Virgin Losing A ChildThe debut album from this young Atlanta band is an unfortunate piece of bland, derivative Emo Lite. [19 September 2007] 
1990s: CookiesPropelled by choppy guitars and a whole lot of charm, Cookies will make you get up and get your ass on the dance floor, provided no one slaps it first. [30 July 2007] 
Marian McPartland: Marian McPartlands Piano Jazz: Brad MehldauMcPartland and Mehldau offer up an easy, painless introduction into the world of piano jazz. [23 July 2007] 
Marmoset: Florist FiredMarmoset has created an album of Velvet Underground-inspired pop dirges for the ADD set. [17 July 2007] 
Rays Vast Basement: Starvation Under Orange TreesThis musical treatment of John Steinbeck's canon has glimpses of the joy and empathy that made Steinbeck great, but the album as a whole is as poky and plodding as an old Model T. [5 July 2007] 
The Teeth: You’re My Lover NowIf the best parts of your record collection somehow got mashed up together by Morrissey, John Lennon, and Joe Strummer, You’re My Lover Now would be the end result. [28 June 2007] 
Carrie: Honey Blue StarA quiet girl singing in broken English about her cat's love for milk and tuna fish. [13 June 2007] 
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love: Ends of JuneThe fragile bedroom pop on the band’s second album is relaxed, compelling, and down-to-earth -- no freak in this folk. [6 June 2007] 
Willy Mason: If the Ocean Gets RoughWilly Mason won’t change your life, but he won’t really bother you, either. [24 May 2007] 
Bright Eyes: Four Winds“Restrained” is a word not often seen in Bright Eyes reviews, but it’s the best way to describe this new EP by Conor Oberst and friends. [24 April 2007] 
Au Revoir Simone: The Bird of MusicWith The Bird of Music, Au Revoir Simone continue their quest to make the prettiest music you've ever heard. [11 April 2007] 
The Ditty Bops: Moon Over the FreewayThe Ditty Bops serve up a second helping of their sweetly anachronistic blend of old-time country and newfangled attitude. [3 April 2007] |
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