Album Reviews

Motion City Soundtrack Panic Stations Reviewed by: Matt Kelchner     Veteran pop punkers Motion City Soundtrack return with their sixth full length album and their first in three years. Panic Stations finds the band trading in their quirky and playful trademark style Read More

James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg Ambsace Reviewed by: Felipe Tinoco     James Elkingtons and Nathan Salsburg are up and coming guitarists who have been collaborating for over five years. Their musical chemistry has matured and they are now releasing their second Read More

Keith Richards Crosseyed Heart Reviewed by: Geno Thackara     Who’da thunk it. After all this time, one of the baddest of rock and roll’s bad boys has practically become a warm and kindly grandfatherly figure. Where he once wrote “Before They Make Me Read More

Ought Sun Coming Down Reviewed by: Max Miller     In my write-up of Hopscotch Music Festival for this very publication, I described Ought as playing “springy nerve-rock.” At the time, it was just an off-the-cuff means of describing their sound without listing comparable Read More

Air Waves Parting Glances Reviewed by: Ziggy Merritt     Five years separate the release of Air Waves’ debut, Dungeon Dots, from their eagerly awaited follow-up, Parting Glances. Since then, songwriter Nicole Schneit has had ample time to collaborate and configure her Read More

Jackson Boone Natural Changes Reviewed by: Geno Thackara     “Forget about yesteryear,” Jackson Boone sings during “Lovely Low” about halfway through his second full-length, and by the time you get there you already know it’s pretty much a Read More