Album Reviews

ALBUM REVIEW: WENDY JAMES – THE PRICE OF THE TICKET

ALBUM REVIEW: WENDY JAMES – THE PRICE OF THE TICKET

Does Wendy James really need any introduction? We knew her back in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: PET SHOP BOYS – SUPER

The Pet Shop Boys, often seen as the articulate deep thinkers of British electronic Pop music return with their 13th…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: FUTURE ELEVATORS – FUTURE ELEVATORS

Future Elevators and their self-titled debut album is the invention of Birmingham, Alabama born Michael Shackleford who was raised on…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: BIRDY – BEAUTIFUL LIES

Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van der Bogaerde (yes, her real name – she is pure blue blood) A.K.A. Birdy is…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: VIOLENT FEMMES – WE CAN DO ANYTHING

Violent Femmes are a folk punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The trio reunited in 2013 and, last year, released the…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: BOB MOULD – PATCH OF SKY

Bob Mould is experiencing a well deserved late career revival that started with 2014’s phenomenal Beauty &Ruin. That album was…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: PRIMAL SCREAM – CHAOSMOSIS

11 albums in and Primal Scream show no signs of slowing down. Chaosmosis is , ultimately, a pop album, the…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: UNDERWORLD – Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future

Over the course of nearly thirty years, and with various members coming and going, Underworld finds themselves releasing their first…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: PENNY AND SPARROW – LET A LOVER DROWN YOU

The neo folk duo Penny and Sparrow have gained quite a reputation for impeccably beautiful music since their formation in…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: IGGY POP – POST POP DEPRESSION

Iggy Pop has now been at large in the music business for well over half a century. In that time…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: JEFF BUCKLEY – YOU AND I

Jeff Buckley is, among those old enough to remember him, a revered musical talent. His album, Grace, contains some of…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: JOHNNY BORRELL & ZAZOU – THE ATLANTIC CULTURE

These days, the media at large seems to put under fire, anyone who dares to make a drastic change, yet…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful, Yet So Unaware Of It

A second album is always a challenge, especially after near universal love for your debut. Some bands wilt under the…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: SCARLET ECHO – AN EXACT PORTRAYAL OF NOTHING IN PARTICULAR

Echospheric, shoegaze, tripsters Scarlet Echo have released their debut album, An Exact Portrayal of Nothing In Particular. The quartet is…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: LNZNDRF – LNZNDRF

LNZNDRF are a trio formed of Ben Lanz (Beirut), Scott Devendorf and Bryan Devendorf (The National) and are the latest…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: SARAH NEUFELD – THE RIDGE

Canadian violinist/composer Sarah Neufeld is best known in her capacity as a member of Arcade Fire. Sarah is releasing her…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: TREETOP FLYERS – PALOMINO

The Treetop Flyers burst onto the scene with their debut 2013’s the Mountain Moves to rave reviews. Taking their name…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: DMA’S – HILLS END

DMA’s are a  Garage pop band from Sydney, Australia. Their Brit pop/rock influences are incredibly obvious from their previously released…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS – SVIIB

In late 2012 fate dealt the American Indie rock band School of Seven Bells a terrible blow. The pair had…

8 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS – Come Find Yourself – 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Hard to believe it’s been 20 years since we heard the dulcet tones of Dah dah dah Fun Lovin' Criminals…

8 years ago