Album Reviews

Heems Eat Pray Thug Reviewed by: Max Miller Das Racist were always an intelligent hip-hop group playing things a little dumb, which is why they inevitably fell prey to Dave Chappelle Syndrome. Chappelle made sharp, funny commentary on race in America only to have white folks Read More

Matthew E. White Fresh Blood Reviewed by: Brian Roser   I’m not sure that Fresh Blood is the best name for this album. Yes, it’s true that Matthew White hasn’t been on music scene long, but the sound of the album is firmly set in the late 70s. His lyrics and style seem to be Read More

The Last Bison Dorado Reviewed by: Andi Bricklin     Dorado is the 4-song follow up EP to the band’s full-length album release last year titled VA. It’s almost a tease that there are only four songs for which to get a Last Bison fix, but maybe that’s their plan; to keep Read More

Fort Defiance Worry Has No Home Reviewed by: Jane Roser   I’m a sucker for story songs. They hook you from the beginning and touch you on an emotional level, whether their theme is murder, mayhem, despair, broken hearts, lost loves or wild adventure. Nashville based Read More

Lady Lamb After Reviewed by: Brian Roser     The first song on this album is something I would classify as folk rock. Not in the sense that it is folksy rock and roll, but parts are straight folk and then parts are hard rock. Basically it sounds like Arlo Guthrie and Read More

Purity Ring Another Eternity Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier     Since hearing the track “Fineshrine” from the band’s 2012 debut record, Shrines, I became a quick fan of the eclectic, indie, electronic, pop duo. Though, I still cannot remember to this day how I actually Read More