Get Young
Boston-via-Vermont dance punk trio, Pretty & Nice, serve up delectable rock riffs on their Hardly Art debut. Recorded in a basement studio, Get Young is…
Furr
When you get noticed by Sub Pop and they subsequently sign you, that’s a good sign that you've pretty much made it. Case in point:…
oh:io
"Foxy Boxer," about midway through this carnival wreck of a happy collage-rock album, is the single and key track. Sweet mod girl vocals promising sultry…
Caught In The Trees
I have been a fan of Damien Jurado's since his late 90s debut, Water Ave. S. It would have been impossible for me not to…
Lunglight
This Portland band pretty much had it in the bag by winning the Williamette Weekly "Best New Band" poll a couple years back. Their self-titled debut…
Expensive Vomit In A Cheap Hotel
Departing (if only slightly) from the irresistibly catchy punk ditties of their 2007 debut, Sleeping in the Aviary’s Expensive Vomit In A Cheap Hotel is…
Alegranza!
In college I took a world music class, having only heard a bit of Indian music and some African drumming at the time. Not only…
proVISIONS
A Giant Sand album is like a backyard BBQ with an old friend of yours who can be a little crazy, but is always ready…
Life Like
Listening to Life Like, the latest album from the North Carolina rock band The Rosebuds, it is obvious this is a band with a comprehensive…
The Mammoth
Ghost of the Russian Empire hails from Austin, Texas and released their first full-length record, The Mammoth, earlier this year. If you are one of…