Album Reviews

The Fresh and Onlys House of Spirits Reviewed by: Lara Supan   This album makes a lot more sense once you know that it’s a concept album based on lead singer Tim Cohen’s stay at an isolated horse ranch and the dreams he had while staying there. Otherwise, this Read More

Tom Vek Luck Reviewed by: Brian Roser   Much like mine, Tom Vek’s Luck is bad. On the first track, it sounds like he hired an electric cow to do the backup singing. While it drones on, and Vek’s lead vocals come in, I realize that a cow would have done a better job. He often Read More

First Aid Kit Stay Gold Reviewed by: Rebecca Robinson   Soul gripping vocals dominate Stay Gold, the latest album by First Aid Kit. Practically an ode to a young Dolly Parton and Patsy Cline, this album naturally blends polished instrumentation with deep, catch Read More

Unicycle Loves You The Dead Age Reviewed by: Ari Roth     Unicycle Loves You’s The Dead Age is a wonderful exploration of the barbed-wire reverb, trebly, damaged thickets of distorted guitar, and melancholic, nasal vocals of classic noise pop and early shoegaze. Read More

Parquet Courts Sunbathing Animal Reviewed by: Brian Roser   When I review a band, I try to find something about them that I like, but Parquet Courts is not giving me much to work with. Sunbathing Animal is their second full-length album, but it is not even polished enough Read More

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Only Run Reviewed by: Lara Supan   If there was a remake of 2001: A Space Odyssey coming out, we’d have a shoe in for the sound track. Only Run is filled with distortion, reverb, musical laser shows and powerful synthesizers, which Read More