Album Reviews

Guided By Voices Cool Planet Review by: Rebecca Robinson   Cool Planet is a showcase for the broad range that Guided By Voices is capable of.  It is evident that Guided By Voices had fun while recording Cool Planet and this translates across to the listener in every song. Read More

The Royal Noise This is the Funky Part Reviewed by: Lara Supan   Bring the Noise, bring the Funk! The Royal Noise is forging their way into unknown territory, bringing funk into the electronic age with dubstep-esque beats and classic saxophone licks melding together into an Read More

South Rail Stars Reviewed by: Jane Roser   D.C. based Americana/rock band South Rail’s sophomore EP, Stars, is aptly named because that’s exactly what this band is. Their album paints an authentic portrait of a bygone era when folks went to barn raisings on Read More

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