Album Reviews

Black Peaches Get Down You Dirty Rascals Reviewed by: Bryan Culver Rob Snoughton, or “Grovesnor” as he’s commonly referred to, is a British percussionist who’s best known contributions are appearing on stage with post-punk throwback Scritti Politti, and at Read More

Violent Femmes We Can Do Anything Reviewed by: Jane Roser The Violent Femmes clearly ate some nails drenched in angst and cynicism for breakfast and all I can say is thank God. We Can Do Anything is Violent Femmes’ ninth studio album and their first full-length collection Read More

Dead Stars Bright Colors Reviewed by: Ziggy Merritt With various bits of ’90s nostalgia riffs floating through the broad stretches of cyberspace it’s hard not to label attempts to resurrect the decade’s music as derivative. Where some attempts at faithful reproduction might Read More

Lily & Madeleine Keep it Together Reviewed by: Max Miller Lily & Madeleine, the duo of Indianapolis sisters Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz, have the kind of origin story unique to the past decade. Like artists as diverse as Carly Rae Jepsen, Justin Bieber and the Weeknd, Read More

Waco Brothers Going Down in History Reviewed by: Adelie Salagnac A quite vague and unclear term that can refer to a large array of music styles, alt-country is affectionately defined as “any country music that is liked by someone who is not a ‘country music fan’” by the urban Read More

Yuck Stranger Things Reviewed by: Matt Kelchner Three years ago London ’90s revivalists Yuck released Glow and Behold. The album marked their first without singer and main songwriter Daniel Blumberg. The remaining members – Mariko Doi, Jonathan Rogoff and Max Bloom, Read More