Music Reviews

Pierre de Reeder - The Way That It Was

Pierre de Reeder - The Way That It Was

Until recently, Pierre de Reeder was known simply as the bassist for indie band, Rilo Kiley, acting as the low-key anchor...

Netherfriends - Feathers & Dots EP

Netherfriends - Feathers & Dots EP

After I listened to "Feathers & Dots," the debut EP by the young Chicago trio Netherfriends, I found myself thinking of "Stray...

Koufax - Strugglers

Koufax - Strugglers

What would happen if you took the pop rock magic of The Strokes, added the thin, reedy voice of Thom Yorke...

Buddahead - Ashes

Buddahead - Ashes

The band is Buddahead, the album is Ashes, and the music is the kind of artistry that floats itself along a...

Peter Salett - In The Oceans Of The Stars

Peter Salett - In The Oceans Of The Stars

Peter Salett is a very gifted musician.  He has written, scored, and performed multiple songs for such films as Forgetting Sarah Marshall,...

The Gabe Dixon Band  - The Gabe Dixon Band

The Gabe Dixon Band - The Gabe Dixon Band

The Gabe Dixon Band has been around since 1999, in one form or another.  Dixon (Piano, Vocals), Jano Rix (Drums), and Winston...

Totimoshi - Milagrosa

Totimoshi - Milagrosa

Oakland, CA band Totimoshi has been dispensing their brand of hard rock for over a decade.  Comprised of lead singer/guitarist Tony Aguilar...

That Handsome Devil - A City Dressed in Dynamite

That Handsome Devil - A City Dressed in Dynamite

A City Dressed in Dynamite is the first release on Modern Savage Recordings from That Handsome Devil, a Boston-grown, now New...

Video Games Live: Volume 1

Video Games Live: Volume 1

Ever since the release of various Final Fantasy soundtracks, both OST and arranged, I’ve been saying that video game music has grown...

Trapt - Only Through The Pain

Trapt - Only Through The Pain

Trapt's third studio album, Only Through The Pain, brings the band back to the same studio that produced their multi-million selling...

¡Forward, Russia! - Life Processes

¡Forward, Russia! - Life Processes

When last we left ¡Forward, Russia!'s debut Give Me A Wall, they were the latest indie craze. Their hi-hat-heavy crunchy rhythms...

Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs

Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs

Lightbulbs, set to be released on September 16th, is the full-length debut of Fujiya & Miyagi (Their 2006 album Transparent Things was...

Kaskade - Strobelight Seduction

Kaskade - Strobelight Seduction

I usually have trouble connecting to house music. To me, it's too plastic and remote, lacking a humanity that's found in...

Theresa Andersson - Hummingbird, Go!

Theresa Andersson - Hummingbird, Go!

Indie-pop travels back to the future in Hummingbird, Go! Swedish-born musician Theresa Andersson’s 3rd CD. 50s style doo-wop, light jazz, quasi-reggae, new-age—it’s...

Ladytron - Velocifero

Ladytron - Velocifero

Ladytron, an electropop foursome founded in Liverpool, England, have defied the odds ever since their 2002 debut, 604. Some doubted whether the...

Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement

Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement

After selling over 55 million albums internationally, charting numerous hits, and winning enough Grammy Awards to fill a fireplace mantle, what more...

Rosehill Drive - Moon Is the New Earth

Rosehill Drive - Moon Is the New Earth

The music of Boulder, Colorado’s Rosehill Drive has been compared to many other bands, much to their chagrin, and justifiably so. They’ve...

Ed Harcourt - Beautiful Lie

Ed Harcourt - Beautiful Lie

I've always been a sucker for blue music, music with lyrics about death, insanity, losing someone or something you cherish. What...

Computer vs. Banjo - Computer vs. Banjo

Computer vs. Banjo - Computer vs. Banjo

And the award for most unambiguous choice of band name goes to…. Computer Vs. Banjo. Their self-titled debut, released June 17th, is...

Perhapst - Perhapst

Perhapst - Perhapst

Perhapst’s brand new self-titled debut album, Perhapst, is the perfect soundtrack to a long summer evening after work — pour yourself a...

The Two Koreas - Sessions

The Two Koreas - Sessions

I must admit, I was a bit apprehensive as I hit “play" on my mp3 player to open The Two Koreas' new...

The Briggs - Come All You Madmen

The Briggs - Come All You Madmen

Following up to their 2006 album Back to Higher Ground, The Briggs' newest, Come All You Madmen, is a rather entertaining,...

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