Album Reviews

Speedy Ortiz Foil Deer Reviewed by: Max Miller Approximately a kajillion bands are currently mining the varied sounds of ‘90s college rock groups. Some have inherited Slint’s penchant for dynamics, while others craft power-pop earworms in the same vein as Superchunk and Throwing Read More

The Honeycutters Me Oh My Reviewed by: Jane Roser     Asheville, North Carolina country roots band The Honeycutters’ third studio album, Me Oh My, is like a time machine on a shiny disc; classic, old-timey country and folk tunes with catchy melodies and lyrics Read More

Looper Offgrid:Offline Reviewed by: Dan Williams Stuart David, former bass player and co-founder of Belle & Sebastian formed Looper in 1998.  This is their fourth album and it is quirky, loopy (pardon the pun) and fantastic. David has an odd whispery voice that on first Read More

Halestorm Into the Wild Life Reviewed by: Max Miller When I agreed to review Into the Wild Life, the third full-length from Red Lion, PA hard rockers Halestorm, it was under the suspicion that their brand of no-frills, radio-friendly hard rawk would at least be as fun as Read More

Villagers Darling Arithmetic Reviewed by: Brian Roser     Minimalism can be a good thing. If you add too many whistles and bells to the music, it can actually take away from the intensity of it. Many albums have achieved greatness with the simple accompaniment of an Read More

Waxahatchee Ivy Tripp Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier     Ivy Tripp is Katie Crutchfield’s third record under the moniker Waxahatchee following 2013’s Cerulean Salt and her 2012 debut American Weekend. Crutchfield is a singer-songwriter who plays awesome indie rock music and Read More