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Album Review: Cirque du Soleil - "Kurios" (10/10)
Sonically sophisticated, Kurios is a soundtrack to the latest Cirque du Soleil touring production, which examines a 19th century inventor who develops a mechanism that challenges the biological ... -
Album Review: Silver Snakes - "Saboteur" (6/10)
Silver Snakes have returned to the post-hardcore scene with a different sonic approach—trading in melodic riffs for sludgy chugs. Clearly influenced by Nine Inch Nails, ... -
Album Review: Ty Segall - "Emotional Mugger" (7/10)
Ty Segall approaches the proficiency output of author Stephen King, releasing more material in one year than most artists do in several. One suspects he’s ... -
Album Review: Baaba Maal - "The Traveller" (7/10)
Veteran Senegalese Afro-pop musician/composer busts out with nine new tracks of his unique vision. Each selection is a gem of slightly different style, from slick ... -
Album Review: Hristo Vitchev Quartet - "In Search of Wonders" (8/10)
This is the seventh release for Bulgarian-born, S.F.-based guitarist Hristo Vitchev as a leader. And as a two-CD set it is his most ambitious. When you ... -
Album Reviews: Ty Dolla $ign - "Free TC" (7/10)
From Nate Dogg to Akon to Ty Dolla $ign, Ty’s the latest hip-hop/R&B crooner to showcase his musical agility through a debut album, dedicated to ... -
Album Review: Holy Grail - "Times of Pride and Peril" (9/10)
Falsetto-vocal bands are returning to metal in full force, but nine times out of 10, their sound amounts to a heaping pile of Velveeta. That ... -
Album Review: Angie Stone - "Dream" (8/10)
Soul survivor and three-time Grammy nominated R&B vet Angie Stone makes her latest Dream about the three P’s: pain, then the process to get to ... -
Album Review: David Bowie - "Blackstar" (10/10)
Our beloved cracked actor, who introduced us to larger than life characters like Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, Halloween Jack and Thin White Duke, leaves us ... -
Album Review: Sunn 0))) - "Kannon" (9/10)
Three songs. Thirty-three minutes. A $333 bet that Kannon will be regarded as the best drone album of 2015. Greg Anderson has said in interviews ...
