Review: Overlake – Sighs

Review: Overlake – Sighs
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The opening track (aptly titled “First”) is sleepy and cinematic, a dramatic yet understated introduction to an album that attempts to walk the fine line between indie and post-rock. … read more

Review: New Bums – Voices in a Rented Room

Review: New Bums – Voices in a Rented Room
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Alt-folk artists typically depend on limited methods of composition when fleshing out their songs. Some focus on telling emblematic stories to carry their creative substance (until another artist tells the same story better) and others fall on the crutch of political critiques (which will immediately filter out non-fans). … read more

Review: Neneh Cherry – Blank Project

Review: Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
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You might be surprised to know that Neneh Cherry’s 1988 record, Raw Like Sushi, is bad as fuck. Still, I’m not losing my cool over the prospect of a new record by her. … read more

Review: Modern Rivals – Cemetery Dares

Review: Modern Rivals – Cemetery Dares
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Cemetery Dares is the first album from the Brooklyn quintet Modern Rivals. The 10-track release was recorded over 12 days in a freezing recording studio (complete with bed bugs) and—despite those conditions—this is one of the happiest things I’ve ever heard. … read more

Review: Mirah – Changing Light

Review: Mirah – Changing Light
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I am beyond thrilled that this release came my way, seeing as I haven’t really stopped listening to Mirah since C’mon Miracle was released a decade ago. … read more

Review: Metatag – Transmission

Review: Metatag – Transmission
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Metatag’s tape cover bears a strong resemblance to Joy Division’s classic, Unknown Pleasures, if it were isolated and magnified a couple hundred times. … read more

Review: The Menzingers – Rented World

Review: The Menzingers – Rented World
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Well, The Menzingers have delivered another album that the disgruntled and eccentric youth can tap their feet and bob their heads to. … read more

Review: Marshall Holland – And The Etceteras

Review: Marshall Holland – And The Etceteras
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One-man band Holland (this Bay–Area based maestro writes, produces, plays and sings everything himself) returns with a catchy, frequently funny and even poignant new record. … read more

Review: Lydia Loveless – Somewhere Else

Review: Lydia Loveless – Somewhere Else
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I first pegged Lydia Loveless as some sort of simple female equivalent to Hank 3, but as I listened further, I realized she is much more than that. … read more

Review: Lost Society – Terror Hungry

Review: Lost Society – Terror Hungry
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From judging a book by it’s cover, I expected Terror Hungry to be one of those lame, party-thrash, throwback-to-the-’80s rip-off bands. Well, I got something completely surprising. … read more