No Age – An Object
Hey, wanna hear a pithy, one-sentence review of this album? (more…)
The Postal Service – Give Up (deluxe reissue)
Here we are provided a prime example of Simon Reynold’s thesis to Retromania: a reissue of an album by...
Mudhoney – Vanishing Point
Man... What is there that can be said about Mudhoney that hasn’t been said one hundred thousand times? (more…)
Pissed Jeans – Honeys
Honeys is an album for those that prefer Bleach to Nevermind. (more…)
METZ – METZ
The debut, self-titled release from Toronto’s Metz is a short, heavy affair that pleasantly reminds me that back in the...
Dum Dum Girls – End of Daze
End of Daze is bold and methodical, delivers moments of great strength and touching vulnerability, flies high, digs deep, and...
Poor Moon – Poor Moon
When I think of the word “moon,” I think of the childhood lullaby Goodnight Moon. From the opening bars of...
DREAMS AND LANTERNS with Purity Ring
By Kyra Leib It’s a good thing that I changed my shirt and brushed my hair before hearing Megan James...
Memoryhouse – The Slideshow Effect
by Adrienne Yeung Forget the map. A pair of headphones and Memoryhouse’s debut LP, The Slideshow Effect, are all you...
15 Minutes with Chad VanGaalen
By Victoria King While Chad VanGaalen may refer to himself as a “joke” of a singer-songwriter, tour relatively little, and...