Cold War Kids Hold My Home Reviewed by: Lara Supan   It’s hard to remember that these guys were ever the “next big thing” after hearing this lackluster attempt at a new album. The most ironic piece of the album comes in the song titled “Harold Read More

Cold Roses No Silence in the City Reviewed by: Jane Roser   The Edge once said, “rock and roll isn’t a career or a hobby-it’s a life force.” With their formidable debut full-length album, No Silence in the City, Philly rockers Cold Roses demonstrate Read More

Jessie Ware Tough Love Reviewed by: Lara Supan   That “Mariah Carey” sound is coming back into style big time, and Jessie Ware is right there with it on Tough Love. To place Jessie Ware into a specific category is difficult because she has such a huge physical Read More

Elliott Brood Work and Love Reviewed by: Brian Roser   This is the latest album from the Canadian country music band and it is quite good, but there is something that keeps it from being great. At first, it was hard to put my finger on what it was. It wasn’t the music Read More

Thurston Moore The Best Day Reviewed by: Jordy Lyric   Thurston Moore, formerly of Sonic Youth, expresses less of his usual introspective and artistic musical wanderlust on his fifth solo release, The Best Day, and takes more of a direct alternative rock approach to his Read More

by Matt Kelchner Seattle rockers Minus the Bear are taking some time this year to look back on their impressive body of work. Their latest album, Lost Loves, isn’t exactly a new record for the group. Instead, it is a collection of unreleased tracks that were recorded for their Read More