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Album Review: JR JR - "JR JR" (9/10)
Dropping Dale Earnhardt from their name and rebranding themselves JR JR, Detroit’s celebrated hipster cum indie-pop act put down their soy lattes long enough to ... -
Album Review: City and Colour - "If I Should Go Before You" (9/10)
Dallas Green + Nashville = one happy hipster. With their fifth full-length, City and Colour take fans on a journey down yet another fresh musical ... -
Album Review: Hurts - "Surrender" (5/10)
Fans of new wave synth-pop will comfortably gravitate toward English duo Hurts’ most recent softhearted transmission, while their skyrocketing popularity will mystify everyone else. Appealing ... -
Album Review: The Nightowls - "Fame Sessions" (7/10)
This is the sophomore release for the Austin, TX horn-based soul band. Products of their environment, these youngsters cut their teeth on Stax and Motown ... -
Album Review: Matt Nathanson - "Show Me Your Fangs" (8/10)
This is the 10th recording from the prolific troubadour, and it proves to be one of Nathanson’s more observational albums as he shares deeper stories ... -
Album Review: Ghost - "Meliora" (10/10)
“There’s no return from this excursion of possibilities.” So sings Ghost singer Papa Emeritus III on “Spirit,” the opening track to the hard-rock band’s flawless ... -
Album Review: Coheed and Cambria - "The Color Before the Sun" (5/10)
When a band has released seven intertwined concept albums, a certain precedence is born. The Color Before The Sun has an overall pop delivery—for fans ... -
Album Review: Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundrack by Dr. Dre (9/10)
The Grand Finale has ultimately arrived. Inspired by the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton, Dr. Dre releases his third and concluding solo album with guest ... -
Album Review: Kerchief – “Machines and Animals” (7/10)
Springboarding quickly into a dynamic solo career after the early 2015 split of her 10- year-old all-girl indie/alt-rock band, Vanity Theft, singer/songwriter Brittany Hill (re- branded as ... -
Album Review: August Burns Red – Found In Far Away Places (9/10)
August Burns Red have built a faithful metalcore following with a relentless tour regimen and by releasing a full-length every two years. On this, their ...
