World War
On their third release, World War, Das Llamas mix hammering hooks, dub bass lines and propulsive percussion to craft gritty music that reflects post-punk and…
Planet of Ice
The intricacy of rhythm and melody on Planet of Ice, the latest from Minus the Bear, amazes me to the point of distraction. Case in…
Challengers
The New Pornographers are a baffling band. As a whole, they seem to far exceed the sum of their parts, creating an entirely new entity…
Sink Like A Symphony
Fred Thomas immediately strikes me as the kind of artist whose work is so very personal and introspective that anyone outside of him can't possibly…
Icky Thump
Erik’s Rating: 8.1/11 Betsy’s Rating: 9.4/11 {Much like the late Carl Sagan and I.S. Shklovskii with Intelligent Life in the Universe, TIG has discovered that…
With Lasers
Bonde Do Role’s first full-length album, With Lasers, is not a concept album. If it were, though, it might go something like this: ***A young…
Places Like This
Your summer fun album is here! Oh wait, it’s August now, isn’t it? Dang, somebody better tell Architecture in Helsinki, because their new album Places…
Alive in the Hotspell
Charmparticles’ Alive in the Hot Spell hit my inbox on the day of Seattle’s largest temperature surge in years. It was a sweltering 89 degrees…
Moonlight Farm
For a small nation populated exclusively by tall, attractive blonde people with an impeccable sense of interior design, the Swedes have certainly produced a staggering…
We Are The Night
Let us review the life and times of the Chemical Brothers...1995 – Exit Planet Dust – If there was a gateway drug for electronic and…