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Album Review: John Cale - "M:FANS" (9/10)
John Cale has always been compelling, beginning with The Velvet Underground almost 50 years ago! His latest work, "M:FANS," has him reworking a very singular ... -
Album Review: The Game - "The Documentary 2" (9/10)
Game, the most consistent West Coast rap artist, releases a called-for magnum opus. Paradoxically, this controversial emcee has personal relationships and features from heavyweights such ... -
Album Review: Kim Nazarian - "Some Morning" (8/10)
An inspiring, eclectically jazzy mix of standards and originals, this long-awaited debut from one of the founding members of the Grammy-winning vocal ensemble, New York Voices, surpasses ... -
Album Review: Your Friend - "Gumption" (8/10)
What starts out as a rustic, introspective journey steered by unique instrumental fusions (“Heathering”), soon evolves into a blazing pursuit of poetic hope and spiritual ... -
Album Review: Tortoise - "The Catastrophist" (8/10)
Legendary instro combo Tortoise helped carve out the genre sometimes referred to as “post-rock” in the ‘90s, music that embraced and recalled minimalism and the influence of many avant-garde ... -
Album Review: Cage the Elephant - "Tell Me I'm Pretty" (6/10)
Formerly incorporating genres like funk, blues and punk into their garage-centric mélange, the fourth studio effort from Bowling Green, KY’s alternative radio standouts features a surf-punk flavor as their ... -
Album Review: Intronaut - "The Direction of Last Things" (9/10)
Intronaut is one of the least pretentious bands in progressive metal—but their fifth album is far from innocuous. Rather, it’s undeniably one of the genre’s standout releases of the ... -
Album Review: Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - "L.A.M.F. Live at the Village Gate 1977" ...
Rock out Like A Mutha Fucka! That’s what dear, departed New York punk legend Johnny Thunders used as his battle cry. And that’s exactly what ... -
Album Review: Marbin - "Aggressive Hippies" (9/10)
Touring nonstop you meet all kinds. Hence, the amusingly titled new album by instrumentalists Marbin references a misadventure with overzealous fans. But the title could ... -
Album Review: Squeeze - "From the Cradle to the Grave" (9/10)
Pop wordsmiths and hitmakers Glenn Tillbrook and Chris Difford recently reformed their seminal New Wave band Squeeze, sort of, to create and record an album ...
