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Album Review: The Word - Soul Food (10/10)
Robert Randolph and John Medeski once again team up with the Mississippi All Stars for a New York meets Memphis throwdown. Imagine if Booker T. ... -
Album Review: Above & Beyond - We Are All We Need (9/10)
The term pioneer is thrown about far too loosely, but sometimes that statement is backed up by fact. And that’s exactly the case when it ... -
Album Review: Whitehorse - "Leave No Bridge Unburned" (9/10)
The Canadian husband and wife duo of Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland avoid the sophomore slump by advancing their story. The group’s ethereal harmonies, dreamy ... -
Album Review: Bjork - Vulnicara (7/10)
Björk dropped the digital version of Vulnicara two months early, allowing us to get a headstart wallowing in what she refers to as an album ... -
Album Review: Simon Field ft. Easton Davis - Gravity EP
Norwegian producer Simon Field teamed up with Easton Davis to create a sublime tune that is now shooting through the radio waves of U.K. EDM ... -
Album Review: Ufomammut - Ecate (9/10)
Like their sludgy psych brethren in Neurosis, whose members founded Neurot Recordings, Ufomammut delve deep into metal’s mossy underbelly, making bands like Tool look like ... -
Album Review: Funeral for a Friend - "Chapter and Verse" (4/10)
The seventh studio release for Funeral for a Friend finds the band at their rawest, with crashing metal guitars, heavy rock drums and gnashing, angry ... -
Album Review: Funeral for a Friend - "Chapter and Verse"
The seventh studio release for Funeral for a Friend finds the band at their rawest, with crashing metal guitars, heavy rock drums and gnashing, angry ... -
Album Review: Kate Pierson - Guitars and Microphones (Score: 7/10)
Known for her soaring, powerfully fun vocals with the B-52s, Pierson has finally crafted a solo release featuring her familiar, shiny happiness. Although Strokes guitarist ... -
Album Review: Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors (Score: 7/10)
Smoke + Mirrors, the second studio release for alternative rock band Imagine Dragons, is a solid venture into a fusion of several rock subgenres. Spanning ... -
Album Review: Jorma Kaukonen - Ain’t In No Hurry (Score: 9/10)
Jorma delivers a relaxed, self-assured and entertaining sampler of the Americana roots that have nourished his musical odyssey over the past 50 (!) years. Prior ... -
Album Review: Magnolia Memoir - Pale Fire (Score: 8/10)
Driven by the vision of graceful, cinematic-voiced Mela Lee and multi-faceted key-boardist Alexander Burke, this ever-evolving L.A. based ensemble draws equally from its quirky, soulful ... -
Album Review: Eric Johnson & Mike Stern - Eclectic (Score: 9/10)
You’ve got two titans from the guitar world; Johnson is the Grammy-winning progressive rocker from Texas and Stern is the epitome of modern New York ... -
Album Review: Risa Binder - Nashville (Score: 8/10)
This is a strong cross-section of contempo- rary country that embraces traditional roots as well. A native of Maryland—by way of N.Y.C.—vocalist Risa Binder claims ... -
Album Review: Mary J. Blige -- "The London Sessions" (8/10)
The longtime queen of hip-hop soul hops across the pond for a sensationally diverse, eminently grooving romp with the U.K.’s hippest artists and songwriters. Exec ... -
Album Review: Lost Coyote's "Get Your Phil" - (8/10)
This is a fine collection of songs and one of the last collaborations with the late Phil Everly. Lost Coyote lead vocalist and guitarist Brian Stewart wrote ... -
Album Review: Dave Davies – Rippin’ Up Time (Score: 7/10)
God bless Dave Davies! He is touted as the inventor of grungy, feedback-driven rock & roll when all he wanted to do was create good ... -
Album Review: Theophilus London – Vibes (Score: 5/10)
Releases like this put writers like myself in quite a quandary. Theophilus London, one of Warner’s up-and-coming hip-hop/pop phenoms, hit a home run in 2011 ... -
Album Review: The Bloodhounds – Let Loose! (Score: 8/10)
East Los Angeles has a long and proud tradition of bands and fans that create and love good old American rock & roll. East L.A.’s ... -
Album Review: Jim White vs. Packway Handle Band – Take it Like a Man (Score: ...
Jim White is a southern-born poet, philosopher, singer-songwriter and now, producer. White has a dry and somewhat acerbic wit that he often pens in a ...
