Album Reviews

The National Sleep Well Beast Reviewed by Lauren Rosier   Over the course of post-punk revival band The National’s 18-year career, their music has been characterized by its dark melodies and lush melancholy, laying a solid foundation for frontman Matt Berninger’s signature Read More

A Valley Son But The World Moves By Lauren Rosier   At the beginning of the year, Brooklyn’s A Valley Son introduced their debut recording effort, the Sunset Park EP. At the time, the four-piece had barely been playing together for a year and a delivered a solid effort with Read More

Madeline Kenney Night Night At The First Landing Reviewed by Lauren Rosier   Despite playing music since a young age, the Seattle-bred Madeline Kenney, it wasn’t a career she immediately pursued. After earning a degree in neuroscience, she then moved to the Bay Area to Read More

Good Old War Part Of Me – EP Reviewed by Lauren Rosier Philadelphia’s favorite indie folk trio, Good Old War, known for their infectious sing-alongs, released the first in a proposed trilogy of EPs   Part of Me. This release is following their 2015’s full length album, Read More

Turnover Good Nature Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier   Turnover’s 2015 sophomore record, Peripheral Vision, was a complete shift from the band’s pop-punk sound on their debut record, Magnolia. The breakthrough transformation on Peripheral was a change that catapulted the band to Read More

j and the 9s The Terrible Twos EP Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier   The hard-hitting glam rock, spontaneous lyricism, and vocal delivery from lead singer,  j9, makes Brooklyn-based outfit, j and the 9s, a band to keep on your music radar. The band’s latest release, The Terrible Read More