Reviews

Daft Punk Random Access Memories Reviewed by Stephen Krock     The word “epic” has seen a resurgence as of late. We have known it to describe a certain kind of fail or acting as the title of a movie that, 21 years ago, was called FernGully: The Last Rainforest. People Read More

The Wonder Years The Greatest Generation Reviewed by Jessica Dooley     Returning from 2011’s Suburbia: I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing, The Wonder Years continue on with the same bravado and themes of their previous release, this time with a concept album Read More

by Michele Zipkin If I had listened to Lady Lamb the Beekeeper’s performance with my eyes closed, I never would have imagined that such a petite young lady could generate such raw, powerful vocals.  Aly Spaltro, who plays under the above-mentioned moniker, has poise and musical Read More

Marc Silver A Miners’ Town Reviewed by Stephen Krock     As you step into Marc Silver’s A Miners’ Town, you are immediately greeted with a strong, dusty breeze rolling tumbleweeds across the street and an overwhelming sense of epic Americana. The Read More

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

by Christian Pezzino Fans of the trance-fusion band The Disco Biscuits have entered a serious dry spell in recent years, subsisting entirely off of a few brief runs sprinkled through the northeast, Colorado and Mexico. Fortunately, Electron has interrupted this drought Friday Read More