Some albums feel like vacation – each listen a passport to a better place, where tropical drinks run free and blood pressure stays low. Sure, such albums aren’t too challenging
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Review: Disappears, KoneReview: Disappears, Kone
A band will tout an affinity for shoegaze noise rock, loaded with garage tendencies, and I’ll take an immediate interest. Since the early days of Jesus and Mary Chain, My
Review: Úlfur, White MountainReview: Úlfur, White Mountain
There are places in the world for landscape music. Candle stores, for one. There’s nothing like shopping for sandalwood scented and ginger peach candles amid a lush cavalcade of woodwinds
Review: Foxygen, We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & MagicReview: Foxygen, We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
Foxygen is so anachronistic the word anachronistic should forever be known as Foxygen. The band’s sophomore album We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic is more a
Review: Parakeet, Shonen HeartsReview: Parakeet, Shonen Hearts
Mariko Doi wears her influences on her sleeve, but often that will happen with bassists. It is the bassist most responsible for the backbone of any worthy band, and a
Review: Paul Banks, BanksReview: Paul Banks, Banks
There’s a timeless factor about Turn On the Bright Lights, Interpol‘s seminal first album, which makes it fantastic to think it just passed its 10-year anniversary. Bright Lights is as
Review: Placebo, B3Review: Placebo, B3
Placebo is an aptly named band for the music the English trio has created in the past 16 years. At first it comes across as a soothing balm for what