Album Reviews

The Postelles …And It Shook Me Reviewed by Meaghan Pauloksy     If there were ever a need to mush together the Kooks, Vampire Weekend, Kings of Leon, and a little bit of the Strokes, the result would be The Postelles. Conveniently, this little lovechild has either Read More

The Weeks Dear Bo Jackson Reviewed by Meaghan Paulosky     Going into the title track of Dear Bo Jackson, expectations were high. The Weeks absolutely killed it at their Milkboy show in January, managing to outperform their already strong 2012 Gutter Gaun Read More

Daughter If You Leave Reviewed by Michele Zipkin     British indie folk trio Daughter has created a collection of beautifully dark and revelatory songs on their first full-length album, If You Leave.  The group seems to be perpetuating their affinity for Read More

Amaranthe The Nexus Reviewed by Malana Battle     Sweden’s Amaranthe released The Nexus, featuring hit singles “Burn with Me” and “The Nexus.”  The twelve songs on this album leave you amped from “Afterlife” to “Infinity”; the beginning of the album to the very Read More

The Chapin Sisters A Date With the Everly Brothers Reviewed by Jane Roser     The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beach Boys and yes, even the gold lame-wearing dapper dons of disco, The Bee Gees, cite The Everly Brothers’ perfect vocal harmonies as being Read More

Steve Martin & Edie Brickell Love Has Come For You Reviewed by Jane Roser     When Edie Brickell & New Bohemians released Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, I was a junior in high school and listened mostly to music of the sixties, namely The Grateful Dead, Cat Read More