Album Reviews

Zeal and Ardor Devil Is Fine Reviewed by: Geno Thackara What do old-time Americana, hard-baked blues and modern Scandinavian metal have in common? If you’ve got a taste for the morbid, the answer might already be obvious: they all offer a whole lot of room for spooky black Read More

Foxtrot + the Get Down Roots Too Deep Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier Philadelphia’s own dynamic rock trio, Foxtrot + the Get Down, is back with a brand new LP, Roots Too Deep, that fuses the best of rock, blues, soul, and Americana into another electrifying collection of fun and Read More

No Joy Creep Reviewed by: Ziggy Merritt Within the onslaught of shoegaze revivalists that have been popping up since the early 2000s, the duo behind No Joy, Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd, have continually reinvented themselves through a sometimes visceral punk aesthetic in Read More

Xiu Xiu Forget Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier Singer/songwriter, Jamie Stewart, who is the brains behind experimental rock band, Xiu Xiu, is back with another stellar record that expresses the band’s dark existential worries in Forget. Forget is arranged as disciplined pop focused on Read More

Acceptance Colliding By Design Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier In 2005, the dynamic pop rock band, ACCEPTANCE, released their debut album, Phantoms; a record filled with catchy pop rock anthems that position them as one of the up and coming bands in the scene at the time. A year Read More

Jens Lekman Life Will See You Now Reviewed by: Ziggy Merritt Since his debut in 2004, Gothenburg-native Jens Lekman has never failed to be himself. Putting forward an often deeply sardonic outlook into his albums, he has remained in the midst of romance and macabre. The Read More