review Archive
24 Mar 2009
Album Review: Killing California — Goin’ South
Ack. More screaming. But let’s talk about the good stuff first. The playing is super-tight, and not in a dumbed-down sort of way, either. Echoes of Fugazi are evident in […]
23 Mar 2009
Album Review: Jil Station — Still Love
These days, the Atlanta sound is mostly represented by ATL/Dirty South-styled gangsta rap. But in the 1980s Atlanta had a thriving new wave scene, fueled by the likes of the […]
22 Mar 2009
Album Review: Jackson United – Harmony and Dissidence
Jackson United is a spinoff project for Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters. In short, if you like Foo Fighters, you will like this. In fact, if you like the […]
21 Mar 2009
Album Review: Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey – hERE aND nOW
✰✰✰✰✰ Once in awhile a record comes along that is so special, so singularly amazing, that it nearly defies criticism. The album hERE aND nOW by Peter Holsapple and […]
20 Mar 2009
Album Review: The Holloways – So This Is Great Britain?
Guest review by Annelise Kopp This record may not be revolutionary, but it is a solidly good record. The first song to stand out was “Generator” with catchy guitar riffs […]
19 Mar 2009
EP Review: The Hero Cycle — Lakes and Ponds
On their Lakes and Ponds EP, Burlington Vermont’s The Hero Cycle manage the neat trick of evoking memories of Echo and the Bunnymen and Modern English without sounding the least […]
18 Mar 2009
Album Review: Hedley — s/t
Not certifiably awful in any way, the debut album by Canadian quartet Hedley is simply another serving of the tired, shopworn formula that the record industry serves up. Like a […]
17 Mar 2009
Album Review: Hayseed Dixie – A Hot Piece of Grass
Hayseed Dixie is bluegrass music’s answer to Dread Zeppelin. But then, who asked the question? Hayseed Dixie’s high-concept approach recasts hard rock songs in a bluegrass context (for a secret […]
16 Mar 2009
Album Review: Isaac Hayes — Ultimate Isaac Hayes: Can You Dig It?
Finally we have an Isaac Hayes career retrospective that is both succinct and sprawling. Of course “The Theme from Shaft” is here; it leads off the first disc on this […]
15 Mar 2009
Album Review: Holding Mercury — Downfall of an Empire
There’s a strong and proud tradition of Midwestern power pop. Cheap Trick, Material Issue, The Shoes; I could go on. The straightforward, hard-yet-melodic approach of these and groups like them […]