album review

The Lighthouse and The Whaler [Album Review]

July 7, 2011

The Lighthouse and The Whaler might be the best thing to come out of Cleveland since Major League. SafariMan, our resident Cleveland expert, had a great comment right after we first received the album: “These guys just went Blind Pilot on me.” In their initial email to us, they said they were often compared to [...]

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Centro-matic – Candidate Waltz [Album Review]

June 22, 2011

A few weeks back, Shirk and I were talking about the logistics of a potential Centro-matic live session. Unfortunately schedules didn’t work out, but Shirk asked me to describe them. I said the session would similar to The Mother Hips. Like Tim Bluhm and Greg Loicano, I imagine Will Johnson to be the quintessential pro [...]

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Country Mice – Twister [Album Review]

June 9, 2011

It’s always refreshing to hear a band from Brooklyn that actually likes to play some good ol’ rock and roll. I’m at the point where I see “Brooklyn” next to a band name and I immediately lower my expectations. I know its unfounded, but my perception is that every email submission we get from a [...]

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Snowmine – Laminate Pet Animal [Album Review]

May 6, 2011

I was first exposed to Snowmine when I caught them on a bill with Dirty Gold at Union Hall in Brooklyn in early April. I wrote about Dirty Gold’s set at the time, but decided to hold off on mentioning Snowmine because their debut LP, Laminate Pet Animal,  is damn good and deserves its own [...]

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Ha Ha Tonka – Death of a Decade [Album Review]

April 4, 2011

Ha Ha Tonka’s latest effort, Death of a Decade, is another stunner from a band that routinely pushes all the right sonic buttons. The new album finds the boys summoning all the floorboard-rattling power of a backwoods church to impart a sense of urgency to every track. And still the songs manage to have a [...]

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Charles Bradley , No Time For Dreaming [Album Review]

March 30, 2011

It is rare to encounter a musician that literally causes people to stop in their tracks. Such was the case one sultry evening during SxSW when Charles Bradley stunned fans and passersby at an outdoor venue in Austin. It is perhaps even more uncommon to come across an artist who releases a dazzling debut album [...]

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The Poison Tree – Self-Titled [Album and Concert Review]

March 28, 2011

Listening to The Poison Tree elicits a unique sense of d©j  vu. Although the precise cause of this feeling is difficult to articulate, it is entirely evident that the band has created one of the most beautiful albums in recent memory. The Poison Tree is the latest project of former King of France front man, [...]

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The District Attorneys – Orders From… EP [Album Review]

March 4, 2011

Hailing from Atlanta and Athens, GA with vocals soaked in reverb, The District Attorneys are a 5-piece that just released an EP that points to a very bright future. The album was produced by Thomas Johnson and Carter King of The Futurebirds – an apt band for comparison. Both bands are from Georgia. Both have [...]

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The Rural Alberta Advantage – Departing [Album Review]

February 28, 2011

Theres probably nothing better to pull me out of review hibernation than the new Rural Alberta Advantage (“RAA”) album, Departing which is scheduled to be officially released on March 1st.  Loyal readers of this blog are well aware of the love that weve shown this band, and for good reason.  Their debut album, the very [...]

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The Builders and The Butchers – Dead Reckoning [Album Review]

February 21, 2011

The Builders and The Butchers are back with their third effort, Dead Reckoning, and it picks up where Salvation Is A Deep Well left off. I recently described B&B as a blend between the ambitious lyrical content of The Decemberists with the dark gothic folky feel of O’Death. Dead Reckoning was recorded live in eight [...]

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