Album Reviews

Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City Reviewed by Jason Sendaula     With their third album, Vampire Weekend is hoping to pick up where they left off from their sophomore release Contra. A triumph among bands who have found recent success, a second album that was Read More

Burnt Ones You’ll Never Walk Alone Reviewed by Michele Zipkin You’ll Never Walk Alone is San Francisco-based Burnt Ones’ second album, but the first they co-wrote as a three piece group.  Drummer Amy Crouch and bassist Brian Allen merely joined vocalist Mark Tester in Read More

Pistol Annies Annie Up Reviewed by Jane Roser     Several words and phrases come to mind when listening to any song by the Pistol Annies: sassy, feisty, tarty, the devil made me do it. Debuting on the Academy of Country Music’s Girls Night Out: Superstar Women of Read More

The Great Gatsby Sountrack Reviewed by Andi Bricklin       Ok I’ll admit it, I never even read the Cliff notes for The Great Gatsby when we were assigned the book to read in American Literature, so I only have a vague idea of what this story is about.  That Read More

You, Me and Everyone We Know I Wish More People Gave a Shit Reviewed by Janelle Engle     Don’t call it a comeback. You, Me and Everyone We Know are a band that have had their fair share of drama but it’s Ben Liebsch, the only remaining member, who’s been picking up the Read More

Smoke Fairies Blood Speaks Reviewed by Andi Bricklin Listening to the Smoke Fairies has the same the effect as a Siren’s song calling infatuated sailors to their eminent demise. With sultry, harmonious vocals that both fascinate and hypnotize, you find yourself lured into Read More