Album Reviews

The Mountain Goats Beat the Champ Reviewed by: Brian Roser     Is this supposed to be funny? It’s about professional wrestling, so my first thought was that yes, it was. The second track, however, is about his unironic childhood love of the sport, or rather the Read More

Ray Wylie Hubbard The Ruffian’s Misfortune Reviewed by: Jane Roser     Ray Wylie Hubbard is sort of like outlaw country music’s James Bond in the sense that nobody does it better and makes me feel sad for the rest (I’m looking at you bro-country). Read More

Marriages Salome Reviewed by: Max Miller     Marriages might be described as post-post-rock. The Los Angeles trio features Emma Ruth Rundle and Greg Burns, both members of monolithic post-rock band Red Sparowes, which, at various points, has featured members of Isis, A Read More

Death Cab For Cutie Kintsugi Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier     In their 17-year career, indie rock band, Death Cab For Cutie, have released seven full-length LP’s with their eighth, titled Kintsugi, out today. It has been four years since the band’s last record, Codes and Read More

Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell Reviewed by: Max Miller Sufjan Stevens may be a known quantity in indie rock and folk, but it’s been some time now since he’s done much to live up to the legacy he founded with albums like Illinois and Michigan. Stevens’ fans must have breathed Read More

Laura Marling Short Movie Reviewed by: Brian Roser     Laura Marling obviously needs a therapist. Of course, if she ever got one, her career as a songwriter would be over, much the same way Taylor Swift’s would be if she ever had a stable relationship.  The thing with Read More