Manchester Orchestra give hard-rockers a way to Cope Conner Smith April 2, 2014 Album Review Raising their slightly less-than-traditional Dixie flag, Atlanta’s alt-rock group Manchester Orchestra comes out with guns blazing on their latest, Cope. Full of viscous guitars, distortion, and head-bangi...
Thievery Corporation explore the essence of sentiment with the multilingual Saudade Linda Choi March 31, 2014 Album Review 1 Comment Thievery Corporation gives universal meaning to saudade, an exclusively Portuguese word, in their newest album. Thievery Corporation's Saudade Since the mid-90s, Thievery Corporation, a D.C.-based duo consis...
Seahaven seek inner paradise with Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only Atreyue Ryken March 25, 2014 Album Review Seahaven If there’s one thing about the new Seahaven record that cannot be stressed enough, it’s that listeners should leave all expectations at the door. As for weathered Seahaven fans, a change of pace ...
Shit Robot gets groovy and historic on We Got A Love Myra March 20, 2014 Album Review Shit Robot Irish producer Marcus Lambkin, aka Shit Robot, creates club dance tracks with late twentieth-century throwback sounds. His nostalgic style fits perfectly with the aesthetic cultivated by his label, ...
The War on Drugs capture the marrow of imagination with Lost In The Dream Myra March 18, 2014 Album Review 3 Comments The War on Drugs' latest album Lost In The Dream While the real war on drugs is raging outside, Pennsylvania-based experimental indie group The War on Drugs is grappling with an internal subconscious on the...
Ledisi tells The Truth about love on new album Linda Choi March 15, 2014 Album Review, Reviews Ledisi returns to spread the The Truth, which celebrates love and the reclaiming of the self. Ledisi Born in New Orleans, artist Ledisi’s musical talents effloresced with her when she moved to Oakland. Fr...
Metronomy tells ghost stories, writes Love Letters Conner Smith March 12, 2014 Album Review photo by Gregoire Alexandre Capitalizing on the modern revival of the British Invasion, Metronomy has synthesized a haunting electropop gem in Love Letters. The group's fourth installment is rooted in drum m...
Kid Cudi reaches the next level with SATELLITE FLIGHT: The Journey to Mother Moon Ning March 9, 2014 Album Review Scott Mescudi as Kid Cudi has been pushing boundaries since the launch of his six-year Man on the Moon series, but with last week’s surprise 10-track album, the Cleveland astro-rapper has reached a new altit...
Listen to Tycho’s new album, fully conscious, at least once Joanna Jiang March 9, 2014 Album Review photo by Reuben Wu Tycho is driving music. The swirling, forward-moving, polyphonic symphonies on his latest album, Awake, couple with the static horizon of the Mojave desert in the distance, the boulders and...
Max Cooper explores the cerebral on his long-awaited debut, Human Joanna Jiang March 5, 2014 Album Review Max Cooper has a Ph.D., a real affinity for Twitter, and a critically acclaimed music career that seemed to come out of nowhere. The UK producer showcased his raw, but expert chops with an electrifying perfo...
Real Estate is back on the map with Atlas Myra March 4, 2014 Album Review The ability to construct timeless recollections is perhaps the closest portal we have to fourth-dimensional travel. Summers at the local pool, polaroid photographs, zebra printed slap bracelets, and the aroma...
Natural Child take the great road to Nashville on Dancin’ With Wolves Myra March 4, 2014 Album Review, Reviews Natural Child's Dancin' With Wolves Nashville-based band Natural Child shows some serious growth with their latest release, Dancin’ With Wolves. The new album sees the typically gritty blues rockers explori...
Beck reflects on growing up and loneliness with Morning Phase Myra March 1, 2014 Album Review 1 Comment Early reports that Beck’s new album Morning Phase would be a sequel to 2002’s melancholy classic Sea Change sent many fans of sad Beck into a state of delirious excitement. “Blue Moon,” the single rele...
Nguzunguzu unveils prismatic mixtape Perfect Lullaby Jay Kwok February 27, 2014 Album Review Known as Nguzunguzu, the Los Angeles-based pair of Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda recently gifted us an immersive sequel to their 2011 mixtape Perfect Lullaby, which has been posted with an accompanying stream ...
LIZ resurrects “Y2K” sounds in Just Like You Ning February 27, 2014 Album Review, News LA princess LIZ repackages familar sounds from decades past in bright pink candy wrap on her debut EP, Just Like You. The seven-track album loosens hip-hop and pop chains from the new millennium, giving the ...