"The Winter of Mixed Drinks"
Frightened Rabbit
"The Suburbs"
Arcade Fire
"Soundtrack To The End"
Communist Daughter
"Crazy For You"
Best Coast
"Treats"
Sleigh Bells
"Silver Soul"
Beach House
"Little Secrets"
Passion Pit
"Unhinged"
Eels
"Black Smoke"
Tindersticks
After parting ways in the mid-’90s, Jayhawks vocalists Mark Olson and Gary Louris re-teamed for an acoustic tour in 2005, which went so well they toured again and made a duo album under their own names in 2009. Finally they made it official with a full-on reunion, resulting in “Mockingbird Time” (Rounder), their first release [...]
Lydia Loveless is a bundle of contradictions on her second album, “Indestructible Machine” (Bloodshoot): the 21-year-old Ohio singer with the booming voice is a self-proclaimed shit-talker who’s sometimes too anxious to leave her house, she knows from broken hearts but makes “perfectly good men cry,” and wishes she were more outgoing even as she defiantly [...]
“Defies categorization” is a designation that way too many acts think they deserve. Usually it means they’re a shitty jam band, which is easy enough to categorize. Then there’s Cheyenne Marie Mize, whose forthcoming EP demonstrates a striking range of abilities, none of which are remotely jammy (and thank God for that). Mize, a Louisville [...]
Often overlooked, Dex Romweber shows why he’s worth paying attention to on the latest from his Dex Romweber Duo, “Is That You in the Blue?”
We don’t know much about the Infinities, except that they’re new, from New York and write catchy songs laced with pop hooks and little blips of electronica. The quartet recently released its debut EP, “Etiquette,” a five-song collection that shows considerable promise. The first three, in particular, are worth a listen: Opener “Apologetica” rides a [...]
Texas indie-rockers Centro-matic return with “Candidate Waltz,” the band’s most muscular album to date.
Pairing Black Lips with Mark Ronson was a stroke of genius: the English musician/DJ/producer has a retro sensibility that perfectly matches the Atlanta band’s rollicking garage-rock sound. Ronson produced all but two tracks on Black Lips’ latest, “Arabia Mountain” (out June 7 on Vice). It’s a loose-jointed blast of old-school rock ’n’ roll, piled high [...]
Turns out shoe-gaze and electro have quite a bit in common on the latest from Miracle Fortress.
Just about any topic is fair game for a concept album: a deaf, dumb, blind pinball wizard; gullible Americans in the age of media saturation; a wall symbolizing alienation — the list goes on. Southeast Engine takes a historical approach on its new concept record, “Canary” (Misra), an 11-song cycle following one Appalachian family through [...]
We are exceedingly pleased to present, streaming in its entirety, “Human Hearts,” the latest album from Maritime. The Milwaukee band’s fourth LP, and first for Dangerbird, is an urgent album bursting with hooky melodies and vivid, vibrant guitars sweeping through (mostly) compact tunes. There’s an epic quality to songs like “Paraphernalia” and “Out Numbering,” and [...]
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