ReviewsAlbum Review: Jeremy Messersmith - The Reluctant GraveyardMac Wilson • May 4, 2010The Reluctant Graveyard is a thoroughly entertaining album from start to finish; for all the talk of death, proceedings never even approach dreariness.
ReviewsAlbum Review: The Hold Steady - Heaven is WheneverMary Lucia • May 4, 2010"Heaven is Whenever" is the 5th album from the Hold Steady, and is self-described by the band as a "less anthemic and more complex" CD.
ReviewsAlbum Review: MGMT - CongratulationsMac Wilson • Apr 13, 2010When it came time to record their second album, MGMT decided not to "play the game": rather than churning out another batch of hit singles, they instead pursued their own unique brand of disjointed psychedelia.
ReviewsAlbum Review: MGMT - CongratulationsMac Wilson • Apr 13, 2010"Congratulations" is a bold, disorienting, sometimes abrasive album of experimentation run rampant. With this album, MGMT is answering to no one, yet everyone.
ReviewsAlbum Review: She & Him - Volume TwoJacquie Fuller • Mar 17, 2010She & Him, the duo of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel, is an auspicious match for many reasons.
ReviewsAlbum Review: Broken Bells (self-titled)Barb Abney • Mar 9, 2010If you're expecting Gnarls Barkley meets The Shins, you wouldn't be completely off base... but you wouldn't be completely accurate either.
ReviewsAlbum Review: Gorillaz - Plastic BeachMark Wheat • Mar 3, 2010Realizing that no one has really tried to create a pop culture phenom in quite this way before in an era when the flat world theory seems most plausible when observing global music consumption, they are genius.
ReviewsAlbum Review: The Soft Pack - The Soft PackPeter Valelly • Feb 26, 2010The Soft Pack released their self-titled debut LP on February 2 after a handful of singles and a lot of buzz.
ReviewsAlbum Review: LoneLady - Nerve UpPeter Valelly • Feb 22, 2010LoneLady put out her debut album "Nerve Up" last week on Warp Records.
ReviewsAlbum Review: Peter Gabriel - Scratch My BackLindsay Kimball • Feb 12, 2010Without drums and guitars, Gabriel enlists the help of a full orchestra. Brimming with lush orchestrations that expose the vocals and lyrics, Peter Gabriel zeroed in on the emotion in the songs that he chose to cover.