The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band
The title of Imperial Teen’s latest album is an explanation for this being the band's first album in five years. Bassist Jone Stebbin owns a…
Gringo Star
After changing their name (from Au-Fir-Ju Well), Gringo Star decided to rework old songs and put them out on a six track, self-produced ep. Well-known…
Anytown Graffiti
Anytown Graffiti could be the indie rock offspring of the Arcade Fire and fellow New Yorkers Stellastarr*, with vocalist Billy McCarthy channeling both the frantic…
Ten Readings of a Warning
I think that if John Denver had been in his late twenties right about now his album would have sounded a lot like this. There…
Paris-Berlin
It is hard not to enjoy Stereo Total’s Paris-Berlin. It has all the fun you might expect from the German/French band. Its odd mixing and…
Release the Stars
It almost doesn’t seem right to judge Rufus Wainwright against the mainstream of modern rock. He’s not really like most of them at all. He’s…
Woke Myself Up
Julie Doiron’s EP Woke Myself Up is sweet and disarmingly intimate. Doiron’s charming voice floats through songs of heartbreak, confusion, and regret, though these songs…
Karate Summer Camp
I fell asleep and dreamed of the last fifteen years of indie/alternative music. At least, slipping into Spraydog’s new release Karate Summer Camp kind of…
Spider Smile
German electronic music terrifies me completely. In the same way, German philosophy and design generally make me feel like life is just one big doctors…
Commander Comatose
It's not everyday that an album hits your desk from Alaska. In that respect, Commander Comatose is refreshingly different. The music is a soapy lo-fi…