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Music Album Review: Arun Shenoy - "A Stagey Bank Affair" (9/10)
India-born, Singapore-based guitarist, composer and producer (with the Groove Project ensemble) Arun Shenoy heads into high-octane global fusion with a hybrid he dubs “Bansuri Funk.” ... -
Music Album Review: Van Morrison - "Keep Me Singing" (10/10)
This is Sir Van Morrison's 36th album release and it sounds like he’s starting to get the hang of this singer/songwriter thing. But, seriously, this ... -
Music Album Review: Shovels & Rope - "Little Seeds" (8/10)
Shovels & Rope husband and wife team Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst write songs that strongly reflect a Southern Gothic aesthetic. They fuse that with an approach ... -
Music Album Review: Dinosaur Jr. - "Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not" (8/10)
Dinosaur Jr. (for the past three decades) have been running with the ball passed on by the Ramones and Hüsker Dü–great anthemic rock & roll, bathed in loud ... -
Music Album Review: The Veils - "Total Depravity" (7/10)
It figures that outsider film directors such as David Lynch and Tim Burton would express their divine affinity for the surrealistic psych Goth of the ... -
Music Album Review: Tall Heights - "Neptune" (6/10)
Cooing, oohing, ahhhing and generally warbling their way through 13 tracks of shimmering ephemera, Tim Harrington and Paul Wright of Tall Heights elevate the concept ... -
Album Review: Mark Winkler - "Jazz and Other Four Letter Words" (9/10)
One of the Los Angeles jazz scene’s vocal treasures and most clever and heartfelt wordsmiths, Mark Winkler is all about stay ing fresh, cool and delightfully crafty ... -
Album Review: Benjamin Clementine - "At Least For Now" (7/10)
Benjamin Clementine’s supple timbre and unique phrasing assume the spotlight on this notable full-length major-label debut album. Rarely does such an affecting vocalist surface––even rarer, ... -
Album Review: Ratatat - "Magnifique" (8/10)
The guitar-electronic instrumental duo Ratatat have returned with their fifth full- length, Magnifique. The consistency of their last few releases created an expectation for more of ... -
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 ...
