Love Is Not Pop
Gothernburg, Sweden's sweet-voiced Sarah Assbring has teamed up with Rasmus Hagg of the duo Studio this time out, for the third album from El Perro…
Crayon Angel: A Tribute To The Music of Judee Sill
Artists like Trembling Blue Stars, Beth Orton, Final Fantasy, Ron Sexsmith, and Daniel Rossen (of Department of Eagles and Grizzly Bear), among others, contribute to…
Higher Than The Stars EP
Oh, my friend, I am so sorry. I have become one of them too. Ga-ga for the new indie pop blog romance. I know we…
Radiohead Deluxe Editions
Kid A (Deluxe Edition) Amnesiac (Deluxe Edition) Hail to the Thief (Deluxe Edition) In a career arc, Radiohead was quickly more art-rock than standard alt-rock…
Everything Touches Everything
These United States are appropriately named. They're not straight out Americana, but on Everything Touches Everything seem like John Fante driving with a really good…
Keep In Mind Frankenstein
Keep In Mind Frankenstein was recorded at a studio called Paradise Sound in a spiritually and economically crippled town called Index, WA. This berg was…
Amused, Confused and More Bad News
Hailing from Seattle, The Purrs create a fascinating concoction of psychedelic pop. The band is an amalgam of their influences, which range from Echo and…
Wind's Poem
People familiar with Mount Eerie and its creative founder/leader Phil Elverum would hardly be surprised by anything he would try; though coming from Anacortes, the…
The Ruminant Band
It's hard not to cheer for Eric D. Johnson. Recent collaborating with The Shins and Vetiver just proved what good taste us early-Aughts fans of…
I Think This Is
It would be enough for an artist to release a great album from his own group while helping out a huge, still vital band like…