Posts Tagged ‘music review’
Review: Wye Oak – Civilian
With their third full-length release, Civilian, the duo of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have created the most epic-sounding music of any two-person band this side of Japandroids.
Review: Radiohead – The King of Limbs
Is the new Radiohead album good or is it great? Find out with the official review from Assault.
Review: Secret Knives – Affection
There’s not a lot of info to be found on Secret Knives on the Internet. There’s a MySpace page, a Band Camp page, and the band’s website, but they all focus on one thing: the music. On one hand, that’s kind of refreshing in a post-Twitter environment where everyone feels the need to overshare everything. [...]
Review: Rihanna – Loud
Rihanna returns to rock you– well, not really. I guess we’re all hoping for a holiday break.
Review: Pimp C – The Naked Soul of Sweet James
It is a stroke of luck (or massive talent and commitment) that Pimp C’s The Naked Soul of Sweet Jones is not a shitty posthumous cash-in. When he died in 2007, he was working on this and the previously-released final UGK album (the excellent UGK 4 Life)It’s a fitting tribute to a guy who was [...]
Review: Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
Sufjan Stevens’s The Age of Adz, his first proper album since 2005′s Illinois, is not an instant gratification sort of album, instead rewarding more patient listeners with its subtlety and craftsmanship.
Review: Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
In which Jere ejaculates a lot of words about Katy Perry.
Hey America, White Mystery Is Coming!
White Mystery all across the nation!
Review: Gogol Bordello – Trans-Continental Hustle
Infamous gypsy-punk band returns with new polish.
Review: Christina Aguilera – Bionic
Xtina: half man, half machine.
Review: The Melvins – The Bride Screamed Murder
Dark sludge lords return with another consistently dark and sludgy record.
Review: Welcome To Ashley – Beyond The Pale
New album from local homeboys Welcome To Ashley is an instant classic.
Review: Sarah Jaffe – Suburban Nature
Sensitive young singer-songwriter Sarah Jaffe makes a promising debut.
Review: The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street (Reissue)
Exile. On. Main. Street.
Review: Janelle Monae – The Archandroid
Janelle Monae? She’s pretty out there. We like it.
Review: The Dead Weather – Sea Of Cowards
As far as side projects go, The Dead Weather are something else on Sea Of Cowards.
Review: B.o.B. – The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
B.o.B.’s “The Adventures of Bobby Ray” deserves its chart-topping fate by sheer virtue of having the balls to be a rap album openly courting a non-hip-hop audience.
Review: The Hold Steady – Heaven Is Whenever
The Hold Steady return with a different take on their familiar sound. It’s tight.
Review: Merle Haggard – I Am What I Am
He’s Merle fucking Haggard, he am what he am.
Review: Ratt – Infestation
Ratt’s new disc feels almost like a new beginning for the hair metal heroes.
