Reviews
Review: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Horse Power EP
Debut EP from cleverly named combo is pretty unabashedly pretty.
Assault @ The Movies!: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Jere vs. Scott Pilgrim.
Review: Wale – More About Nothing
Wale rebounds from the commercial and critical disappointment of Attention Deficit with more fresh Seinfeld references.
Review: Frontier Ruckus – Deadmalls & Nightfalls
Michigan band parlays the economic desperation of their home state into pleasing, sad alt-country.
Review: M.I.A. – MAYA
This time, the revolution will NOT be Googled.
Review: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (IV)
Another damn Arcade Fire review?! (We promise, this is the last one.)
Review: Rick Ross – Teflon Don
Rick Ross keeps improving his rap game and stepping up his fantasy game. Also: these beats are dope.
Review: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (III)
Another day, another review of The Suburbs, but this time with a twist.
Review: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (II)
Another day, another review of The Suburbs; Jeremy Clymer throws both of his thumbs way, way up.
Review: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Arcade Fire return with their first new album in three years, and it’s a monumental success.
Review: Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
Forgiveness Rock Record is Broken Social Scene’s most straightforward, sexiest, most anthemic, loudest, funniest album
Review: The Books – The Way Out
The Books play with samples and skirt the edge of novelty on their new album The Way Out.
The Load (7/15/10)
After a brief hiatus, THE LOAD is back: capsule reviews of whatever showed up in our mailbox. This week: Eightfourseven, Campaign, The New Loud, Ape Machine, and We Were Skeletons. Let’s do this!
Review: Big Boi – Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
The underrated half of OutKast returns with his first official solo album, showing off some surprising eccentricities of his own. It’s a must-listen for any fans of great shit.
Review: The-Dream – Love King
Third album in The-Dream’s smooth and sensual Love trilogy delivers about what you’d expect – with a few dashes of surprising (and off-putting) darkness.
Live! Lady Gaga @ TD Banknorth Garden (Boston, MA)
Jere catches a massive Lady Gaga show, but can the songs justify the theatrics?
Review: The Streets On Fire – This Is Fancy
Chicago band bring the scuzz on their debut full-length. It’s beastly.
Review: 3Oh!3 – Streets Of Gold
3Oh!3 bring the party. But you probably don’t want to attend.
Review: The Roots – How I Got Over
The Roots take a step back from the brink, get warm and fuzzy again. Also: hang out with Jim James.
Review: Wolf Parade – Expo 86
Canadian weirdos return sounding confident and refreshed, if not exactly revelatory.
