Album Reviews

Owen Danoff Twelve Stories Reviewed by: Jane Roser   I can always gauge how good an album is by my friend’s reactions when I have it as background music playing in my car. Usually it’s tuned out when the conversation starts, but D.C. singer/songwriter Owen Read More

Lykke Li I Never Learn Reviewed by: Brian Roser   First there was ABBA, then there was Roxette, now out of Sweden comes the music of Li Lykke Timotej Svensson Zachrisson. For the sake of promoting her work, however, she wisely shortened it to Lykke Li. I Never Learn is the Read More

Curtis Harding Soul Power Reviewed by: Rebecca Robinson   Curtis Harding’s professional singing background is very evident in the polished vocals of his first solo album, Soul Power. The entire album feels designed to throw the listener back into the music scene of the 1960s Read More

PAWS Youth Culture Forever Reviewed by: Lara Supan   Well, if you could understand any of the words they were singing, I bet they’d be good ones. Youth Culture Forever really surprised me because PAWS advertises themselves as a punk rock band. Instead of that, this album Read More

tUnE-yArDs Nikki Nack Reviewed by: Lara Supan   I’m the first to admit when I just don’t get something. I just don’t get it. Nikki Nack is a hipster’s wet dream- completely schizophrenic and non-linear with evocative, introspective lyrics and complex percussion throughout. Read More

Being As An Ocean How We Both Wondrously Perish Reviewed by: Sebastian Mackay   Being As An Ocean are powerful. Dear G-D was a statement of that and How We Both Wondrously Perish is the reaffirming second album. Their lyrics are powerful, affecting, important and often Read More