Tyler Fisher

Empire of the Sun: Walking on a Dream

By Tyler Fisher

Welcome to the 1980s. Did you really want to come back? [15 May 2009]

Buraka Som Sistema:  Black Diamond

By Tyler Fisher

This is everything that a good dance album should be: energetic, powerful, and slightly experimental. [7 May 2009]

Fareed Haque + The Flat Earth Ensemble:  Flat Planet

By Tyler Fisher

Haque's heritage and education certainly help him in creating a signature blend, but the album is simply too long for its own good. [5 May 2009]

Grandmaster Flash: The Bridge: The Concept of a Culture

By Tyler Fisher

This is not a comeback album that will reinvigorate Flash to enter a brilliant second stage of his career. But appreciate it for the statement it makes. [8 April 2009]

Balmorhea: All Is Wild, All Is Silent

By Tyler Fisher

All Is Wild, All Is Silent finally brings a Balmorhea album with enough variety to sustain its length, and all of their changes still fit within their natural organic sound. [26 March 2009]

The-Dream: Love vs. Money

By Tyler Fisher

Although perhaps the most album-like R&B album in recent memory, typical R&B pitfalls bring Love vs. Money down from the excellence The-Dream has proven capable of producing.

From Monument to Masses: On Little Known Frequencies

By Tyler Fisher

Post-rock fans will enjoy the smooth blend of uptempo groove and slow-burning crescendo, but question what those spoken-word samples are actually saying. [13 March 2009]

Streetlight Manifesto + A Wilhelm Scream

By Tyler Fisher

The venue, the Launchpad, is tight to say the least, so much that the bouncers would not allow any photography in fear of destroyed cameras. [5 March 2009]

Bell X1: Blue Lights on the Runway

By Tyler Fisher

More varied than Flock, Blue Lights on the Runway is the band's latest opus, accomplishing everything their contemporaries have attempted in the last few years in one fell swoop. [4 March 2009]

The Qemists: Join the Q

By Tyler Fisher

Finally, a dance-rock hybrid that is both danceable and musical. Ninja Tune's latest signing reminds us that they are one of the most consistently excellent labels in the game. [19 February 2009]

Madlib: The Beat Konducta: Vol. 5-6: A Tribute To…

By Tyler Fisher

Madlib composes his tribute to J Dilla in a way so similar to Dilla's style and album structure that it feels like he never left. [9 February 2009]

Mixed Media: Wale feat. Tre and Young Chris - “Nightlife” [5 March 2009]