I, Lucifer
Offered as a soundtrack to Glen Duncan's simultaneously-released novel of the same name, I, Lucifer is, in essence, a song cycle trotting the relationship between God…
Tennis Pro and Argo
I know I've already written about Tennis Pro. I know I've already sprinkled them with loving adjectives like zany and fun but I have news…
Hopes and Fears
The first time I heard Keane, I was struck by the intense familiarity of their music. Not familiar in the generic "oh I've heard this…
S.A.D. (Sometimes Animals Die)
The perfect memorable rock voice evokes both awe and envy with every listen. Folks like Kathleen Hanna, Frank Black, PJ Harvey and David Bowie make…
Love Everybody
The Presidents of the United States of America have always made really great pop songs, unabashedly immature in lyrical content but surprisingly smart and incredulously…
Blue Cathedral
As a fan of psychedelic rock, I was expecting to have my head blown off by Blue Cathedral, the latest release by Comets on Fire.…
Haulers
Our young Mr. Dave Schoonderbeek (is that Dutch?) from Toronto has undergone a number of re-incarnations, artistically speaking. Starting with what he describes as 'angry…
Pretend You're Alive
Melodic-emotional pop abounds! A perennial favorite of teenage boys, it compresses melancholy and gentle beauty into power chords and cymbal crashes. Lovedrug provides a textbook…
The Mur Murs EP
If you ask Ebb and Flow how they would describe themselves, they would likely rattle off "a prog-ind-moog-soul-crazyhorse-kraut-fakejazz-slowpop mystery band," which is one too many…
Tyrannosaurus Hives
The roaring Hives are back! The Swedish five-piece that stormed the revival of the garage rock movement like a ball of fire — claiming to…