Album Reviews

Album Review: Kylesa – Ultraviolet

By on May 21st, 2013

★★★★☆

In which Laura Pleasants becomes a heavy metal goddess.

Album Review: Small Black – Limits of Desire

By on May 21st, 2013

★★★½☆

Maturity through sacrifice and emotional honesty.

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Album Review: Nat Osborn Band – The King & The Clown

By on May 21st, 2013

★★★½☆

Nat dines on cocktail jazz and swing, washes down his politics with love.

Dear Georgiana

Album Review: Dear Georgiana -Dear Georgiana

By on May 21st, 2013

★★★½☆

Nimble, Alabama-born songstress backed by the mellowest of arrangements.

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Album Review: Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

By on May 20th, 2013

★★★★☆

Does downgrading technology make one human after all?

Album Review: Japanther – Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart

By on May 20th, 2013

★★★☆☆

Mass appeal with the pathos and edge of an early season Simpsons episode.

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Album Review: MS MR – Secondhand Rapture

By on May 20th, 2013

★★★½☆

Sleek, dark, maximal pop.

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Album Review: Vår – No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers

By on May 20th, 2013

★★★½☆

Iceage’s frontman wraps himself in busted club beats and a Swedish fairytale.

The National Trouble Will Find

Album Review: The National – Trouble Will Find Me

By on May 17th, 2013

★★★★½

Unlikely optimism makes for a new kind of National album.

Her Parents Happy Birthday

Album Review: Her Parents – Happy Birthday

By on May 17th, 2013

★★★½☆

Mocking you for dancing while providing the jams.

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