Curtis Harding Soul Power Reviewed by: Rebecca Robinson   Curtis Harding’s professional singing background is very evident in the polished vocals of his first solo album, Soul Power. The entire album feels designed to throw the listener back into the music scene of the 1960s Read More

PAWS Youth Culture Forever Reviewed by: Lara Supan   Well, if you could understand any of the words they were singing, I bet they’d be good ones. Youth Culture Forever really surprised me because PAWS advertises themselves as a punk rock band. Instead of that, this album Read More

tUnE-yArDs Nikki Nack Reviewed by: Lara Supan   I’m the first to admit when I just don’t get something. I just don’t get it. Nikki Nack is a hipster’s wet dream- completely schizophrenic and non-linear with evocative, introspective lyrics and complex percussion throughout. Read More

Being As An Ocean How We Both Wondrously Perish Reviewed by: Sebastian Mackay   Being As An Ocean are powerful. Dear G-D was a statement of that and How We Both Wondrously Perish is the reaffirming second album. Their lyrics are powerful, affecting, important and often Read More

Young Magic Breathing Statues Reviewed by: Jaz Bowens   Honestly, I’m not sure if I was the right person for this album review. I just couldn’t get into it. The whole album sounded like the background music in a trendy Goodwill. This is my first time listening to Young Read More

by Matt Kelchner In case you have not heard by now the new Wye Oak album, Shriek, is relatively guitar-less. Gone is it’s centerpoint in each of the Baltimore duo’s new songs. “Ultimately it was a change that we really needed to move forward because otherwise there wasn’t really Read More