Album Reviews

Imogen Heap Sparks Reviewed by: Lara Supan   If you love Imogen Heap’s other albums, you’ll be delighted with this epic, flawless odyssey of self-exploration and personal reflection. Sparks is a tour de force for Imogen Heap- a colossal three year, countless mile Read More

Buddy Last Call for the Quiet Life Reviewed by: Brian Roser   One of the album’s tracks features the line “It’s bad advice, but only if you use it.” Does that mean this is a bad album, but only if you listen to it? Last Call for the Quiet Life is not bad, but there Read More

Dirty Loops Loopified Reviewed by: Ari Roth   Dirty Loops make music that is too much. The thrill of indulgence, that sugary, mindless rush of hyperactivity, blinding pop hooks, machine-like technical virtuosity, hypercompression, slap bass. Inhumanly tight rhythms ricochet Read More

Gaslight Anthem Get Hurt Reviewed by: Lara Supan   This album is like that guy at the party who has too much to drink and starts bearing his soul about his horrible love life and how much he has nothing left to live for- AKA a little too awkward to be enjoyable. Gaslight Read More

FKA twigs LP1 Reviewed by: Ari Roth   Over the past two years, FKA twigs has rapidly become one of the most fascinating and consistently brilliant artists breaking new ground for both experimental and pop music. Her first full length, coming on the heels of two prior EPs, is Read More

Lucero Live from Atlanta Reviewed by: Brian Roser   Lucero is rock and roll with a hint of country. They have a great, no nonsense, working class sound. Think Bruce Springsteen, but from Memphis, Tennessee instead of New Jersey. Just like it says on the tin, this is a live Read More