Album Reviews

Jadakiss

The Last Kiss

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:37:31

Jadakiss is fond of, a propos of nothing, routinely referring to himself as "Top 5, dead or alive." This album, rumored to be his swan song, should ...more

Bat for Lashes

Two Suns

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:41:54

If Bowie had Ziggy, Beyoncé had Sasha, and Garth had Chris, Natasha now has Pearl. Natasha Khan that is, also known by the nom de guerre Bat for ...more

Keith Urban

Defying Gravity

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:02:53

Gravity is not the only thing that Keith Urban defies or has defied over the course of the past few years. The Aussie vocalist/guitarist, loved by ...more

Crystal Antlers

Tentacles

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:10:28

Owing a debt to bustling Motor City proto-punk, Crystal Antlers are far less blast-off grandiose than Comets on Fire (with whom they’re most often ...more

Slim Thug

The Boss of All Bosses

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:45:41

After coming Back By Blockular Demand with his Boss Hogg Outlaws, the Boss Of All Bosses is back with a solo set sees the South Texas rapper holding ...more

Prefuse 73

Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:44:51

Fans who marveled at the dark, ambient beats of Prefuse 73's earlier work—in particular, his debut Vocal Studies + Uprock Narrative—will be happy to ...more

Aceyalone

The Lonely Ones

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:43:12

Aceyalone has long been one of the key torchbearers for underground hip-hop–an innovative presence known for his intricate wordplay and lightning fast ...more

Röyksopp

Junior

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:48:14

Of all the ironic and referential pop being made these days, you can rest assured that you will find none of that on a Royksopp album. The Norwegian ...more

The Thermals

Now We Can See

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:37:59

The Thermals are dead. Not in the sense that they’ve broken up, but dead like dead, below-the-ground dead, as in "...and buried." On its fourth ...more

Left Alone

Left Alone

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:31:06

"People think that bands get popular out of being good, and it's just not true," proclaims Left Alone's frontman, Elvis Cortez. Besides Elvis hitting ...more

The Color of Violence

Youthanize

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:25:03

It's hard to tell if The Color of Violence take themselves seriously. In fact, it's hard to figure them out at all. Everything from the song titles ...more

Bow Wow

New Jack City II

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:28:38

As Bow-Wow attempts to distance himself more and more from the diminutive prefix with which he started out his career, he's released his first album ...more

Dan Deacon

Bromst

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:33:08

For somewhere around six years now, Dan Deacon has plied his trade as a sort of computer-generated/electronic music guru, seemingly pushing the ...more

Bob Mould

Life and Times

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:27:46

One of America’s greatest songwriters, Bob Mould has awed the world of alternative music with the punk/post-punk of Hüsker Dü, the catchy sensory ...more

The-Dream

Love vs Money

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:46:26

One thing that sets Terius Youngdell Nash, a.k.a., The Dream, apart from his peers, other than his noted production abilities, is his gentleness as a ...more

Dreaming Dead

Within One

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:37:41

Dreaming Dead's first full-length album, Within One takes traditional black metal to a new dimension by blending other metallic flavors to its already ...more

Dark Was the Night

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:49:01

The twentieth in an ongoing serious of compilation albums produced to benefit the Red Hot Organization (which raised funds and awareness in the fight ...more

Leonard Cohen

Live in London

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:12:19

Bilked out of millions by his former manager and lover, Leonard Cohen found himself in a place that's common in these recession-wracked times, albeit ...more

Swan Lake

Enemy Mine

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:32:02

The formation of Swan Lake set indie hearts aflutter, bringing together a trio of unique voices and visions underneath one umbrella: Daniel Bejar ...more

Conducting from the Grave

When Legends Become Dust

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:22:40

In 2005, Sacramento-based Conducting from the Grave released their debut EP, Trials of the Forsaken. Around the same time in Sac-Town, With Passion, ...more