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Album Review: In the Late Hours by Impala (7/10)
If you’re a fan of ‘60s spaghetti westerns, Tarantino flicks, Dick Dale and The Ventures, along with noir-tinged jazz and blues, Impala is talking your ... -
Album Review: You’re A Shooting Star, I’m A Sinking Ship by Whitney Ballen (6/10)
Whitney Ballen bravely layers tongue-in-cheek lyrics beneath earthy, genuinely pretty acoustic instrumentation her latest, You’re A Shooting Star, I’m A Sinking Ship. However, it’s concerning ... -
Album Review: Infinite Games by The Black Queen (6/10)
This fresh concoction assembled by Killer Be Killed and Dillinger Escape Plan singer Greg Puciato sees the heavy metal lightning rod dipped in emo tears ... -
Album Review: New Routes by Asleep at the Wheel (8/10)
Their last album was released more than a decade ago, but these pioneer fusionists of country, swing, rockabilly and other assorted forms of Americana have ... -
Album Review: Static and Surrender by Static and Surrender (8/10)
For this San Francisco band it is all about the songs, pure and simple. Forged with a ‘90s sensibility and meticulously well crafted, this group’s ... -
Album Review: Let's Go Sunshine by The Kooks (6/10)
Having been charged with a lack of focus by the listening public, this incarnation of Brighton’s Kooks sees them overcorrect, for better or worse. Depending ... -
Thank You for Today by Death Cab for Cutie: Album Review (9/10)
Death Cab for Cutie released their most polished and amicable album yet. Songs like “Good Help (Is So Hard To Find)” and “Near/Far” do well ... -
Album Review: Justin Timberlake - Man of the Woods (4/10)
Superstar Justin Timberlake returns with Man of the Woods, his follow-up to the critically acclaimed 20/20 Experience. In this new record, Timberlake goes back to his Southern roots ... -
Album Review: Steve Gadd Band by Steve Gadd Band (8/10)
On the Steve Gadd Band’s spirited, hook and improvisation filled, tightly funky then polyrhythmic groove-a-second fourth album, the legendary drummer and his longtime cohorts from ... -
Album Review: Head Over Heels by Chromeo (8/10)
Like most Chromeo’s releases over the past decade, songs from their new Head Over Heels are deeply rooted in Minneapolis funk, dance-pop and nu-disco. Nevertheless, ...
