KEN mode: From the Heart of St. Vital on
[caption id="attachment_1719" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Photo by Chad Tremblay"][/caption] By Marc Evans In case you have literally or figuratively been living...
Parts & Labor – Constant Future
Parts and Labor’s sixth noise-rock album bursts into 12 electric-led and thunderous battles – and all of them sound like richly illustrated tales...
Ringo Deathstarr – Colour Trip
Austin's Ringo Deathstarr has it tough. Before opening the case, I had already judged the bejeezus out of them. What...
Major Organ and the Adding Machine – Major Organ and the Adding Machine
This Major Organ album is quite possibly the most confusing and alienating record born from the great womb of the...
Balanced Records: Complex yet Simple
[caption id="attachment_1711" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Photo by Jerry Grajewski"][/caption] By Victoria King 2011 marks the ten-year anniversary for Balanced Records, the...
Autumn Defense – Once Around
They better have a defense for the other three seasons. The Autumn Defense’s is the fourth album from Wilco members...
Lia Ices – Grown Unknown
Brooklyn's Lia Ices is moving up in the world. Since she released her first album Necima in 2008 on relatively...
Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers: Flugelhorn and Folktales
By Adrienne Yeung This may be their first full-length album, but Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers are no newcomers...
Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers – Hans My Lion
Don’t get me wrong: There is a distinct lack of hose and medieval gallivanting on this album, but nevertheless, what...
Yuck – Yuck
Yuck is the self-titled second release of the British indie rock band. When I first started listening to this album...