CD Reviews Around the Web
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The National Meet High Expectations with “High Violet”
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago
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Marina and the Diamonds Has It Both Ways
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago
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Josiah Wolf’s “Jet Lag”: Breaking Up Is Wearying
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago
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Joanna Newsom’s “Have One On Me”: Sprawling, Unwieldy Beauty
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago
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Frightened Rabbit’s “The Winter of Mixed Drinks”: Background Music At Its Best
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago
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Clogs’ “The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton”: Beautiful Meditations
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago
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Yeasayer’s “Odd Blood”: Let’s Not Relive the ’80s
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago
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Third Album Isn’t a Charmer for Midlake
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago
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Animal Collective’s “Campfire Songs”: A Re-issue That Isn’t a Retread
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago
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Beach House’s “Teen Dream” Melds Old and New To Near-Perfection
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago
Black Mountain’s “Wilderness Heart”: Back to the ’70s
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago
Few types of pop music inspire as much rancor and division as classic rock. For some, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are musical immortals, gods of the screech and wail as elevated and mythical as the magical creatures referenced in Led Zeppelin’s epic music. For others, Zeppelin, along with Pink…
KEEP READING »The Black Angels’ “Phosphene Dream”: Neo-Psychedelia on Overdrive
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago
Two years ago, “Directions to See a Ghost” established The Black Angels as enviable record collectors, if not particularly great songwriters. The Austin sextet (now quintet) pulled together all the right influences—Spaceman 3, Syd Barrett, 13th Floor Elevators and of course The Velvet…
KEEP READING »Nada Surf’s “If I Had a Hi-Fi”: Indie Vets Cover Everyone from Kate Bush to Spoon
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago
I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed. A covers record isn’t exactly what I was hoping for from Nada Surf. Then again, it’s really never what I’m hoping for from anybody.
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