Reviews / RSS

(Iris Records)   www.irisrecords.com When you're the offspring of James Taylor and Carly Simon, it's only natural that people would assume you're going to be bubbly, bright-eyed and follo more...

(Constellation)   www.cst.com   We live in a strange audio world when an album by the Dead Science is boring.  Not that the trio isn't trying hard on their new album, Villianai more...

(Kill Rock Stars)   www.killrockstars.com     Reportedly known as a must-see live act in their hometown of Portland, Ore., The Shaky Hands certainly suggest they may be more more...

(New West)   www.newwestrecords.com     Thank you, Rhett Miller, for picking up a telecaster again, and helping the Old 97's find their long-lost twang.  After seven album more...

(Arts & Crafts)   www.arts-crafts.ca   Like the Buena Vista Social Club before them, Broken Social Scene decided to use their imprimatur to spotlight various members. The "BSS P more...

(Rhino Records)   www.rhino.com     There are only two kinds of Black Sabbath fans on this cold, grey planet - Ozzy acolytes and Dio devotees. Forget about the fleeting tenures more...

(Compass)   www.compassrecords.com   Every once in awhile somebody will declare the current annum to be The Year Of The Woman, and although it is almost always offered with the best more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   The keys to cracking the code of the bewitching puzzle box that is High Places' gorgeous, self-titled debut album come in the fourth song, " more...

(Jagjaguwar)   www.jagjaguwar.com   Oneida's last two albums, The Wedding and Happy New Year, were unusually subdued and song structured, a far cry from the band's pummeling, mind-b more...

(self-released)   www.mikemangione.com   Like a less-raspy Ray LaMontagne, or perhaps a huskier Jason Isbell, Milwaukee (by way of Chicago) singer-songwriter Mike Mangione's got tha more...