Tuesday, January 3 2012
Bethesda: Dreamtiger & Other Tails
Ohio quintet is at its best when it plays it soft, quiet.
Monday, November 28 2011
Steafán Hanvey: Steafán Hanvey and The Honeymoon Junkies
Irish singer-songwriter's addictive album finally available in the States.
Tuesday, November 22 2011
Francis Plagne: Tenth Volume of Maps
Australian Francis Plagne makes most straightforward release to date.
Thursday, November 10 2011
Ólöf Arnalds: Ólöf Sings EP
The Icelandic singer-songwriter serves up a fine quintet of English-language songs; highlights include covers of Springsteen, Dylan, and Johnny Cash.
Tuesday, November 8 2011
Luke Roberts: Big Bells and Dime Songs
Luke Roberts, from Brooklyn by way of Nashville, makes quiet, plaintive music that speaks to a tried and tested American folk tradition.
Friday, November 4 2011
Tim Buckley: Tim Buckley (Deluxe Edition)
Buckley certainly deserves the royal treatment accorded here; this new edition of his debut 1966 album only provides more aural evidence of its greatness.
Thursday, November 3 2011
Jonathan Wilson: Gentle Spirit
While Wilson's inspiration may come from the past, he's hardly looking backwards on his debut.
The Migrant: Amerika (Capsule Reviews) [27.Oct.11]
Justice: Audio, Video, Disco (Reviews) [25.Oct.11]
James Blake: Enough Thunder EP (Reviews) [21.Oct.11]
Shelby Lynne: Revelation Road (Reviews) [20.Oct.11]
Scott Matthews: What the Night Delivers ... (Reviews) [19.Oct.11]
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: Tape Club (Reviews) [17.Oct.11]
Grouplove: Never Trust a Happy Song (Reviews) [6.Oct.11]
Jackie DeShannon: When You Walk In the Room (Reviews) [5.Oct.11]
Rachel Taylor Brown: World So Sweet (Capsule Reviews) [30.Sep.11]
Krista Muir: Between Atoms (Capsule Reviews) [30.Sep.11]
Ben Sollee: Inclusions (Capsule Reviews) [29.Sep.11]
Mountain Man: Live at the Wiltern (Reviews) [27.Sep.11]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Hysterical (Reviews) [26.Sep.11]
Rebekah Higgs: Odd Fellowship (Capsule Reviews) [26.Sep.11]
Quantic: The Best of Quantic (Reviews) [23.Sep.11]
Foreigner: Feels Like the First Time (Reviews) [15.Sep.11]
All the Apparatus: All the Apparatus (Capsule Reviews) [15.Sep.11]
The Rapture: In the Grace of Your Love (Reviews) [6.Sep.11]
Moonface: Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped (Reviews) [10.Aug.11]
Sondre Lerche: Sondre Lerche (Reviews) [8.Aug.11]
Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t: Lost in the Pancakes (Capsule Reviews) [4.Aug.11]
Graveyard: Hisingen Blues (Reviews) [2.Aug.11]
Kaiser Chiefs: The Future Is Medieval (Reviews) [27.Jun.11]
Mariana Bell: Push (Capsule Reviews) [10.Jun.11]
Arctic Monkeys: Suck It and See (Reviews) [8.Jun.11]
Gold-Bears: Are You in Love? (Reviews) [7.Jun.11]
Darwin Deez: Darwin Deez (Reviews) [24.May.11]
Wild Beasts: Smother (Reviews) [19.May.11]
The Antlers: Burst Apart (Reviews) [12.May.11]
Indie Music and the Hired Gun (Moving Citations) [11.May.11]
The Weeknd: House of Balloons (Reviews) [10.May.11]
“Maybe It’s Hate, Probably It’s Love”: Honesty, Art, and Loudon Wainwright III (Reviews) [6.May.11]
Bill Callahan: Apocalypse (Reviews) [3.May.11]
Explosions in the Sky: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (Reviews) [26.Apr.11]
Panda Bear: Tomboy (Reviews) [12.Apr.11]
Andy Friedman: Laserbeams and Dreams (Reviews) [7.Apr.11]
Beach Fossils: What a Pleasure EP (Reviews) [5.Apr.11]
Dennis Crommett: In the Buffalo Surround (Capsule Reviews) [25.Mar.11]
Sonic Youth: SYR9: Simon Werner a Disparu (Reviews) [17.Mar.11]
Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymes (Reviews) [1.Mar.11]
Doug Paisley: Constant Companion (Reviews) [28.Feb.11]
Georgia Fields: Georgia Fields (Capsule Reviews) [24.Feb.11]
Radiohead: The King of Limbs (Reviews) [22.Feb.11]
Ducktails: Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics (Reviews) [22.Feb.11]
Rachel Goodrich: Rachel Goodrich (Capsule Reviews) [21.Feb.11]
Joan As Police Woman: The Deep Field (Reviews) [16.Feb.11]
Phil Manley: Life Coach (Reviews) [3.Feb.11]
Sic Alps: Napa Asylum (Reviews) [2.Feb.11]
Smith Westerns: Dye It Blonde (Reviews) [28.Jan.11]
The Radio Dept.: Never Follow Suit (Capsule Reviews) [27.Jan.11]
