St. Vincent Self-Titled Reviewed by: Stephen Krock   This princess of alternative pop returns on the scene in St. Vincent’s fourth and self-titled album. She joins the ranks of Robyn and Marina & the Diamonds, with a punkish royal promenade of tracks that have the harsh, Read More

Bleeding Rainbow Interrupt Reviewed by: Samantha Weinraub   On a personal level, Bleeding Rainbow won me over before even listening to them. There’s something about taking a beloved artifact from childhood, (like television program Reading Rainbow, say) and turning it into Read More

Brandt Brauer Frick DJ- Kicks Reviewed by: Sebastian Mackay   A fairly eclectic mix of reasonably short tracks that feel as though they’re designed more for movies and video games than booty shaking. A bad thing? Maybe, maybe not. The maybe:  it’s a collection of 28 DJ Read More

Yellow Ostrich Cosmos Reviewed by: Melissa Komar   Cosmos is definitely something to howl at the moon about, sans the solar system references and inspirations.  Yellow Ostrich’s fifth album plays like a band that has polished their product like a debut and it reaches far Read More

Mozes And The Firstborn Self-Titled Reviewed by: Adam McGrath   The Dutch band with the biblical name follows up its 2013 I Got Skills EP with a proper full-length release. This self-titled album (Burger Records) is lovely garage pop which demonstrates a variety of related Read More

John the Conqueror The Good Life Reviewed by: Adam McGrath   Philly-based blues-rock trio John the Conqueror proves there is a story behind every legend on sophomore album The Good Life (Alive Naturalsound Records). Singer/guitarist Pierre Moore, drummer Michael Gardner, and Read More