Album Reviews

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

Idle Bloom Little Deaths Reviewed by: Max Miller Nashville, TN has long held its reputation as the country music capital of the world, but for those whose tastes in guitar music errs on the side of crunch over twang, the city has lately been a bastion for young rockers. JEFF the Read More

Garrett Pierce Dusk   Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier Previous releases from singer/songwriter, Garrett Pierce, were focused on a specific time place, but the latest LP titled Dusk (Crossbill Records) is filled with tales that span a lifetime. On Dusk, his dramatic lyrics are Read More

Dutch Uncles Big Balloon Reviewed by: Geno Thackara Despite the fittingly odd name, this group sounds as quintessentially British as only a bunch of blokes from Manchester can be. The phrase “Dutch uncle” is apparently a common expression (maybe better known in Read More