new release Archive
18 Feb 2016
Vanessa Carlton Knows She’s Part of Something Bigger
Vanessa Carlton released her debut album, Be Not Nobody, in 2002. She was marketed (and pegged) as a precious pop star. That guise didn’t fit her well, though; she’s a […]
17 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: Grizfolk — Waking Up the Giants
File next to: Coldplay, The Mary Onettes, thenewno2 Swedish acts from across the musical spectrum have made critical (and commercial) inroads into the North American market of late. Though these […]
17 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: Brooke Waggoner — Sweven
File Next to: Suzanne Vega, Zero 7, Penelope Houston Waggoner may be an associate of Jack White, but with its tinkling keyboard and pizzicato strings, this expressionistic album feels more […]
17 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: Steven Wilson — 4 1/2
File Next to: Radiohead, Opeth, Peter Gabriel Steven Wilson is possibly the busiest musician of the 21st century. Beyond his leadership of the now on-hiatus Porcupine Tree, he’s recorded and/or […]
12 Feb 2016
Album Review: Yuka & Chronoship — The 3rd Planetary Chronicles
Progressive rock has a widespread (and, it must be said, often well-earned) reputation for being ponderous, pompous, overblown, and more about showy technical and instrumental brilliance than emotional content. Not […]
10 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: The Junior League — “Also Rans”
File Next to: Sloan, The dB’s, Minus 5 Indie label Kool Kat Musik has carved out a solid (if exceedingly tiny) niche as a purveyor of power pop, that oft-maligned […]
10 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: Endless Tapes — Brilliant Waves
File next to: Brian Eno, Lunatic Soul, *Low-era David Bowie Considering the pedigree of the better-known half of this duo, one might expect Brilliant Waves to lean in a muscular […]
10 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: Homme — Homme
File Next to: KT Tunstall, The Roches, Radiohead With electric guitars (run through a Leslie speaker cabinet and other assorted effects) and close yet vocal-acrobatic harmonies, the experimental yet inviting […]
08 Feb 2016
Album Review: Craig Leon et. al. — Bach to Moog
During a press conference held amidst the April 2014 Moogfest – the last time that festival would be held in Asheville, NC, home of Moog Music and the adopted hometown […]
04 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: The Turnback — Are We There Yet?
File Next to: Greenberry Woods, Foo Fighters, Green Day Big, roaring guitars that recalls Foo Fighters as much as Cheap Trick are the calling card of the supremely melodic sophomore […]